
Welcome to the 2026 Argentina Collection
Six wines from northern Argentina and Mendoza that reflect how the club has matured, returning to its roots with deeper intention.

Six wines from northern Argentina and Mendoza that reflect how the club has matured, returning to its roots with deeper intention.

How one member’s complaint inspired a simpler monthly wine club: four bottles, one each week, carefully chosen to make wine easy.

Spain: New Traditions, Deep Roots Dear Member, It’s been two years since we last sourced a Spanish collection. In preparation for this one, we looked back at our previous booklets and noticed a lot of waxing on about the past.…

Dear Member, Located just over the Andes Mountains from Argentina’s Mendoza region, it can be tempting to describe Chilean wine as analogous to its eastern sister. True, there are similarities: vineyards planted in Andean foothills; a Bordeaux grape once thought…

Dear Member, The first time we brought winemaker Julien Miquel up to the Calchaquí Valley with us, he described a sensation of awe that almost bordered on fear. The vast, alien landscapes. The thin blue sky. Miles of dry desert…


Dear Member, From its Trans-Caucasian origins, wine likely came to western Europe with the Phoenicians around 1,000 B.C. We don’t know much about the Phoenicians. They left behind no written record. And the ancient Greeks get most of the credit…

Dear Member, For the best wines from America’s west coast, look for a paradox. To wit… A chardonnay with no oak or butter… A valley in Washington where it never rains (and the onions are so sweet you can eat…

Dear Member, In his book about his travels through France, importer Kermit Lynch describes the old way of winemaking: The taste of the grape told them when to harvest.The taste of the wine told them when to bottle, what sort…

Dear Member, Ascensión was just 20 years old when her father, the General, died. Two decades earlier, in 1810, her family had found itself on the wrong side of the Argentine revolution. The General had been serving as colonial governor…