Dear Member, In January of last year, we wrote of Spain that “nowhere else in Europe do the echoes of the ancient and medieval ages still reverberate so clearly.” In this second Spanish collection, we find ourselves thinking about history…
Dear Member, It was the spring of 2019. The Bonner Private Wine Partnership had just launched its first-ever collection—high-altitude Argentine wines never before available in America. “What about going to Italy next?” suggested our importer, Barry. There was a large…
Dear Member, It’s been almost two years since we launched the Bonner Private Wine Partnership with a single shipping container packed with wines from the foothills of the Andes Mountains. The stars of that first collection were two Malbecs from…
Dear Member, The year was 1811. His vines—so carefully imported from France and Germany—had failed yet again. For all his skill as a collector of wine, Thomas Jefferson was beginning to suspect that his genius did not extend to growing…
Dear Member, In this collection, we invite you to ignore current events and join us on a journey to clear blue waters, red ochre sunsets, and the white stone ruins of a world long gone—but not forgotten. We call this…
Dear Member, As they say in France, “a great wine comes not from the soil, but from the man who made it.” In the French view, it is not enough to carry a label like Lafite or Petrus. It is…
Dear Member, In the north of Spain, rain blown in from the Bay of Biscay collects in the jagged peaks of the Cantabrian Mountains. From there, two rivers issue forth, ambling past crumbling dungeon keeps, small fortified towns, stone churches…
Dear Member, “I’ve been sick as a dog… and I’ve had a wretched time trying to find a Pinot Noir… but I’m leaving Adelaide tomorrow. I’ll let you know what I find.” It was a month before the massive coronavirus…
Dear Member, Until recently, I had always thought of Italian wines as being about spending money and showing off — buying a $100 Barolo at dinner to impress friends, for example. But the real tradition of wine in Italy —…
