Our Producers
We are obsessed with excellence, with the vision, restlessness and wisdom required to make and do something extraordinary. The magic of wine is that this drive translates to an object of emotion, one that touches you with beauty, pleasure and fascination. We believe our producers represent the greatest collection of exceptional wines in the world.
Michele Castellani
Region
Post-WWII Italy often saw vineyards abandoned as people moved to cities or abroad, but not Castellani. Michele Castellani founded the estate in 1945, and it grew into one of Valpolicella's most respected wineries. For decades, Castellani supplied premium fruit to renowned producers, bottling under their own label only in 1990. Today, they boast 17 hectares of certified organic vineyards on a stunning hillside estate.
Giacosa Fratelli
Region
Giacosa Fratelli, a fourth-generation winery in Piedmont, Italy, is known for its heritage and sustainability. Led by Maurizio Giacosa and his sons, they farm 120 acres, including top Barolo and Barbaresco plots like Scarrone’s Vigna Mandorlo. The winery focuses on sustainability, using solar power, CO2 capture, organic fertilization, and lightweight bottles. Today, the Giacosa family is one of Barolo's most renowned producers and stewards of the land.
Palazzo
Region
Palazzo’s foundation coincides with Montalcino’s rise as a top wine region. In 1982, Cosimo Loia and Antonietta Palazzo bought a hillside farm, later planting vines after a harsh winter killed their olive trees. Cosimo began making wine in 1994, starting with 1,000 bottles of Rosso di Montalcino and growing to 20,000 annually. Since Cosimo’s passing in 2012, Antonietta and their children, Angelo and Elia, organically farm 4.2 hectares, continuing his legacy.
Pietramaggio
Region
Pietramaggio is Tommaso Inghirami's Chianti Classico expression from their own high-altitude, low-yielding vineyard at the top of Greve, overlooking the Appennine mountains. The family owns and farms 54 hectares of certified organic vineyards with a focus on cooler sites to preserve freshness in the wines. Pietramaggio is produced at the Grignano estate, which has been in the Inghirami family since the early 1970’s and was once owned by Catherine of the Medici.
Val Des Rois
Region
Val des Rois is a 10-hectare, single estate winery planted in 1965 by 9th generation Burgundian winemaker Romain Bouchard in Valréas. The vineyard’s unique location benefits from the nightly, cool southeast air descending from the foothills of the Alps and produces wines that are significantly higher in natural acidity than typical of the Southern Rhône. Wines are made by the legendary Stéphane Vedeau, and wines and farming practices are certified organic by Ecocert.
Jules Desjourneys
Beaujolais, France
Winemaker Fabien Duperray owns seven hectares of exceptional terroir in Beaujolais, tending to vines that are 70-100+ years in age. He farms according to biodynamic principles and generally only works with organically farmed vineyards, investing in a tremendous amount of manual work. The resulting wines are (unconventionally) a half-decade old when released, with intense aromatics and unbelievable complexity in each distinctive bottling.
Castaldi
Piedmont
With over 300 years farming the hills around Fara and Colline Novaresi, Castaldi offers deep winemaking know-how of this corner in Alto Piedmont. The family owns 6.5 hectares of vineyards, which were mostly replanted in 1997. Along with Nebbiolo, Castaldi plants Vespolina, Uva Rara and white indigenous grapes. Winemaking is traditional for the area, emphasizing neutral and large format vessels.
Storm Point
Swartland
Storm Point makes incredible value, naturally-fermented wines from the Swartland, the birthplace of South Africa's new-wave.
La Lupinella
Chianti
Lupinella brings tradition into play with modernity, following the natural artistic inclination of a land that has always made creativity its destiny. Purchased in the late 70s by Vittoriano Bitossi, heir of the Maiolica Ceramic artist, Guido Bitossi, the family has successfully transferred their family’s ceramics heritage to the land of Montespertoli and the challenges of winemaking. All wines are organic, with low interventionist winemaking efforts.
Domaine David Lefort
Burgundy
David Lefort, 32 years old, started his domaine in 2010 by first converting his 2.08 Ha property in Mercurey 1er Cru to organic agriculture. His rocky limestone soil is from superior Jurassic time with 20 year old vines. Starting with an organic approach in the vineyard, David continues in the cellar with minimal intervention using only indigenous yeast and gravity. Simply put, some of the best wines from this appellation.
Breaking Bread
Sonoma County
Breaking Bread is a new project by Erik Miller, owner and winemaker of Kokomo Wines. Erik’s interest in natural wine came about as he noticed a shift in the industry toward lower alcohol, food-friendly, and low-intervention wine. Erik wanted to be challenged in his craft as a winemaker and he also wanted to understand fermentation from a different perspective that could possibly play a part in his future vintages.
Old Vine Ranch
California
The wines of Old Vine Ranch represent an authentic blend of tradition and creative spirit. Building on the fifty-year legacy of Old Vine Red (“One of the world’s iconic value wines” - Wine Advocate), each sip is a journey through California’s rich winemaking heritage. Carefully grown and crafted to be an easy indulgence and everyday celebration, these wines celebrate the fabulous diversity and quality of California’s vineyards.
Domaine Rewa
Central Otago
In 2010, taking a leap of faith, Philippa Shepherd purchased the 5.5-hectare vineyard that would become Domaine Rewa sight unseen. In the years since, the winery has undergone many improvements in the pursuit of making the best possible wines from the site, with the assistance of dedicated vineyard and winemaking teams. Domaine Rewa has practiced biodynamics gaining Biogro certification and now proudly farms in a sustainable organic manner.
Castello Nipozzano
Chianti Rufina, Italy
Castello Nipozzano lies in the heart of Chianti Rufina, dating back to the 11th century, with documentation of its wines’ renown during the Renaissance (the artists Donatello and Michelozzo Michelozzi were regular customers). In 1855, the Frescobaldi family began cultivating Bordelais varieties then-foreign to Tuscan soils at the estate. The castle also holds each family member’s private collection.
Gorgona
Tuscany, Italy
The most unique winemaking collaboration in the world, the Gorgona prison colony seeks to give its inmates a path to reintegrate to society after their sentences by allowing them to learn agricultural trades in the open air. The Frescobaldi family has worked with the colony since 2012, with the vineyards totaling a miniscule two hectares.
