"Do you think it's finally time to invest in Argentina?" The question hung in the air at the Agora Christmas party in Baltimore last week, swirling like the wine in my glass. It’s a fair question—and one I’ve been hearing more often. Argentina has a way of pulling...
Sauv Blanc from the Fault Zone
No weekly video from Julien this week as he has been hard at work preparing the tasting video for...
Taste Your Aussie/NZ Wine Collection with Julien Miquel
Dear Member, All of our wines from Australia and New Zealand have shipped. In your case you will...
The Rusted Roots of Coonawarra
Last week, we took you on a tour of two Australian vineyards: Langmeil, with its 19th century...
John Wayne in a Flower Shirt
Syrah is a hard wine. A dry wine. It is perhaps the most similar to malbec of all the European...
Can you talk like a sommelier?
Well, a week into our unofficial quarantine, we finally caved… We opened up our Manzanos 2008...
Please Stop Calling It “Burgundy”
We’re hard at work shipping out our remaining Spanish wines today. So we’ll keep this week’s...
Mountain Wineries of Chile
This week, we write to you from London’s Shard (a skyscraper in central London that looks like a...
Diego Discovers a Grape Long Thought Extinct
“For nearly 100 years, they thought the vines were merlot,” reports Diego, after...
Sipping Rum from Volcanic Ash
Tola, Nicaragua Not much wine in Nicaragua, but the rum sure goes down easy. Surprisingly easy, in...
Bonner Wines Named in Top 100 of 2019
The entire Bonner Private Wine Partnership team is scattered to the four winds. Barry is returning...
Atop the Natural Wine Bubble
“It tastes like warm grape juice with some dirt mixed in... You might like it.” C. had just poured...
Argentina Like You’ve Never Seen It
Dear Member, In December of 2019 Will, Julien, and Diego went back to Argentina’s isolated...