BONNER PRIVATE WINE PARTNERSHIP
We Actually
Go There
While other wine clubs make promises from their offices, we board planes, drive 500 miles of dirt roads, and knock on the doors of family wineries that don’t show up on any map.
8,000 feet up in Argentina’s Calchaquí Valley. In cellars carved into Georgian hillsides. In Spanish quintas passed down for six generations. That’s where we find wines that will never see the inside of an American wine shop — and bring them directly to your door.
“Way out at what felt like the end of the earth, I found families that had been making wine for 200 years… critics rave about this wine… but up until now it’s been impossible to find here in America.”
THE ADVENTURE
How We Found the World's
Best Kept Secret
The American wine industry has a dirty secret: most “exclusive” wines travel through three or four middlemen before reaching your glass—each one adding their markup, none of them adding any value.
We decided to do something different. We got on a plane, drove 500 miles of unpaved roads into Argentina’s remote northwest, and knocked on the doors of winemakers who had never sold a single bottle in America. What we found changed everything we thought we knew about wine.
So it began
…where cowboys still sleep under the stars, using their saddlebags as pillows…
…where women work at looms under the early dawn’s first light…
…where the nearest city is six hours away across a jagged mountain landscape…
…where heaven and earth seem to become one on a clear, boundless horizon…
…where small, virtually unknown winemakers continue a tradition nearly 500 years in the making…
The year was 2005, and I had just arrived in northwestern Argentina. It was there that I discovered the small wineries that produce the highest-altitude wine in the world.
Visiting these wineries is unlike anything you’ll experience in Napa or Bordeaux.
Getting to them often involves a grueling six-hour drive up a steep mountain road so misty you can barely see ten feet ahead, across a desert flatland so barren it looks like the surface of the moon, and through an alien landscape of jagged rocks, like an ocean frozen in the midst of a storm.
Suddenly, the road, or more accurately, a dry riverbed, drops down into a green valley. At first, you are overwhelmed by the beauty of such an oasis all the way out here, in the shadow of the Andes Mountains. Then you taste the wine…
When I popped my first bottle, when those hints of balsamic, leather, and camphor wood drifted across my palate…
…when I first felt those ripe tannins grip my cheek…
…it was as if I was finally tasting a wine that was alive…
After that experience, I couldn’t go back to the same old flimsy retail wines.
I was at a dinner party where the host produced a bottle of California Cab from a very well-regarded vineyard owned by a good friend of ours. This was a $100-plus bottle of wine, mind you.
And it tasted like nothing. The guests may as well have been drinking water.
All the life had been sucked out of it by modern winemaking techniques that seem like they were invented at Dow Chemical.
Meanwhile, the wine I tasted in Argentina was made from handpicked grapes, fed with natural snowmelt water that trickles down from mountain peaks 10,000 feet high, from vines originally taken from France well over one hundred years ago, vines that don’t even exist in Europe anymore.
The precise microclimate that produces this wine can only be found in a single isolated corridor of the Southern Hemisphere, where the sun shines 360 days a year and old cowboys drive enormous herds of longhorns across high mountain plateaus and deep, hidden valleys.
I began to wonder what other astounding wines might be found in unique regions and microclimates all over the world. Surely, every country must have its small, hidden gems.
Still, the problem remained getting these wines to American shores. After all, the wineries I was interested in were mostly underappreciated or simply too small for a major importer to care about.
That’s how I came up with the idea of a partnership.
I would band together some good friends to import the world’s great wines to American shores, sometimes for the first time ever. If we could just get enough people together to fill an entire shipping container, we could make it work.
And so began the Bonner Private Wine Partnership.
Today, our team includes a retired winemaker, a full-time “wine explorer” who serves as our eyes and ears on the ground, a top international sommelier, and a boutique importer with connections to 45 wineries across the world.
Our mission is to search the world for unknown, underappreciated, but astounding wines.
In France, they say that a great wine comes not from the grape, but from the character of the man who made it.
At the Bonner Private Wine Partnership, we don’t care about labels. We don’t give a hoot about points. We don’t charge big markups.
Above all else, we seek character.
Sincerely,
Will Bonner,
Founder, Bonner Private Wine Partnership
“The wineries I was interested in were mostly underappreciated or simply too small for a major importer to care about.”
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
Everyone Promises.
We Deliver
Direct Partnerships
We work as close to the source as possible. Most of the time, that means sitting at family tables, sharing meals, and building relationships directly with the people who make the wine. Occasionally, logistics require an extra hand, but we keep the chain short and personal so the focus stays on the wine, and on the people behind it.
Wines You Can't Find
These are not mass-market bottles. The families we work with produce a few thousand cases a year, not hundreds of thousands. Many are too small, too remote, or too hands-on for large distributors to bother with. That’s exactly where we like to look.
Small-Batch Winemaking
These wines are made in small quantities, with attention at every step. When you’re producing a few thousand cases instead of millions, decisions are made in the vineyard and the cellar, not in a boardroom. The result is wine shaped by people, place, and patience, not shortcuts or scale.
WHAT EXPERTS SAY
“I’ve worked in wine logistics for more than 35 years, and I can honestly say I’ve rarely seen anything like the wines brought in by the Bonner Private Wines Partnership. They’re working with producers most people in the industry never encounter, not because the wines lack quality, but because the wineries are too small, too remote, or too committed to their own way of working. These are not wines you find by following the usual channels. They’re the result of time spent in the vineyards, at the table, and in places most logistics operations never reach.”
“I’ve been advising wine clubs in California since the early days of the dot-com boom. In that time, I’ve seen just about every sourcing model there is. It’s rare to come across a wine club that takes sourcing as seriously as the Bonner Private Wines Partnership. The wines they select have real novelty and character, not because they’re engineered to stand out, but because they come from places and producers most clubs never engage with. While many clubs rely on white labels to mask anonymous wines, this is very much a boots-on-the-ground approach. That difference shows up clearly in the glass.”
“The first time I encountered these wines was through an Argentine bottle a friend brought me. I immediately wanted it on the list at my steakhouse. Since then, I’ve come to see that the Bonner Private Wines Partnership has one of the most unique collections of Argentine wines I’ve seen in the United States. When we’re looking for something special for an occasion, they’re who we call. Their Malbec selection is exceptional, and the fact that you can have wines like this shipped directly to your home is remarkable.”
“In blind tastings with students, the wines from Bonner Private Wines consistently stand out for their range and clarity. They carry both the classic expressions of Malbec and the modern face of Argentine wine. That contrast matters. These wines are not only excellent, they help show where Argentina has been and where it’s going. For new drinkers, they offer an entry point. For experienced tasters, they help draw meaningful boundaries and reference points within the wine world.”
FROM OUR MEMBERS
I've been collecting wine for 30 years and thought I'd tried everything worth trying. Then I opened my first Bonner shipment. The Malbec from Colomé was unlike anything in my cellar—and I've got bottles worth ten times the price. I've been a member for 4 years now and haven't been disappointed once.
I was skeptical of another wine club. I'd tried three others and they all felt like the same mass-produced bottles with fancy labels. Bonner is different. Every bottle has a story. Every sip makes you feel like you're standing in that vineyard, meeting that family. My husband and I look forward to each shipment like it's Christmas.
The first time I served a Bonner wine at a dinner party, my sommelier friend asked where I'd gotten it. When I told him, he couldn't believe it. 'You can't get this wine,' he said. But I did. And now he's a member too.
“As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found it harder to find things that truly help me stay connected with my adult son now that he lives far away. Wine wasn’t something we planned on bonding over, but it’s become one of the things we most look forward to. We both have a subscription, and when a shipment arrives, we open the same bottles and talk about them together. The educational material is genuinely helpful, and the Bonner Private Wines tasting videos are great fun. It’s given us a shared ritual and something meaningful to discuss beyond the usual check-in.
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Founded in 2019
Family-Owned & Operated
100+
Winery Relationships Worldwide
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
Your Welcome
Collection
Start your journey with 6 extraordinary bottles from the Calchaquí Valley— wines that have never been available in the United States until now.
These aren’t wines you’ll find at your local shop. They’re not on restaurant wine lists. They’re made in quantities too small for traditional distribution—which is exactly what makes them worth drinking.
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Why Choose The Bonner Private Wine Partnership
- 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
- Exclusive Access to Our Small-Batch Wine Cellar
- Weekly Tasting Videos from Our In-House Wine Expert
About the Bonner Private Wine Partnership
The Bonner Private Wine Partnership is your passport to the world’s most extraordinary small-batch wines—sourced from remote, family-run vineyards across Europe and South America. We deliver handcrafted, additive-free wines you won’t find in stores… and the stories behind them. No middlemen. No mass production. Just real wine, for those who crave something rare.
This is an auto-renew offer. Your Bonner Private Wine Partnership subscription will renew quarterly and we will automatically bill your card to renew with our standard rate of $275 per quarter (6 bottles), or $499 per quarter (12 bottles), depending on your choice today. This way, you never miss a collection and maintain your membership, hassle-free.
WE CANNOT SHIP TO THESE STATES:Delaware, Mississippi, Utah. If you live in one of these states, you’ll need to select an alternative delivery destination.
*Note: Shipping is available to Alaska & Hawaii for additional fee*
Please be aware: We cannot deliver to P.O. boxes. An adult signature is required for all shipments of alcohol.
A note about our Satisfaction Guarantee: Wines, sadly, are not like power tools. A hardware store can always resell a hammer you used a couple times. Not so for a bottle of wine. Once you pop the cork, it’s a total loss to us. For that reason, we cannot offer full refunds on these offers. But don’t worry, if the wine arrives and there’s something wrong with it, just give us a call and we’ll do what we can to make it right. As a member, your satisfaction is all-important to us.