I’m guessing that the 2025 “Trashfire” blend – 60% Chardonnay and 40% Grenache – is Winemaker Kyle’s playful take on so-called “natural wine”. Kyle, tell me if I’m wrong. The...
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I’m guessing that the 2025 “Trashfire” blend – 60% Chardonnay and 40% Grenache – is Winemaker Kyle’s playful take on so-called “natural wine”. Kyle, tell me if I’m wrong. The...
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Herb Quady is the founder and winemaker at Quady North in Applegate Valley, Oregon. He grew up around his family’s winery but didn’t consider a career in wine until 1997, when...
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Kyle Knapp is the winemaker and co-founder of Press Gang Cellars in Santa Barbara County, CA. He was born and raised in Lompoc, California. He launched the brand with his...
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Jessee Ring is the founder and winegrower at JBR Vineyards in Giles County, Virginia. He was born and raised in the small town of Narrows, Virginia (in Giles County). After...
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I loved the band “Deep Purple” back in the day. Deep Purple could also describe this red wine in the glass. Romulus is an homage to the winery owners’ beloved...
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Winemaker Jason Murray is staking a claim that Petit Verdot is Arterra’s most emblematic wine, but possibly also for the Blue Ridge Mountains and all of Virginia Wines. And you...
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Vibrant aromas of strawberry are immediately apparent in this blush-pink rosé. The fruit and acid are balanced; brightness in a can. This is an easy quaffing wine, at only 13%...
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Stephen Barnard is the winemaker at Keswick Vineyards in Keswick, VA. He is fascinated by wine, continues to study it, and has been making wine in Virginia for more than...
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Robert Bormuth is the founder and winemaker of Feldtheorie (“Field Theory”) in the Kamptal region of Austria. He runs the winery with his partner, Ulrike “Uli” Filp. Both trained as...
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Jason Murray is the winemaker at Arterra Wines in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Delaplane, Virginia. His lifelong passion for agriculture began with raising sheep through 4-H and working on...
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Kevin Zhang is co-proprietor of Bluebird Hill Cellars in Monroe, Willamette Valley, OR. He and his wife Cleo Song acquired the property in 2025. He grew up in Changchun, China,...
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Kyle Mizuno is the winemaker at Rolling Hills Estate in Champlain Valley, Westport, NY. His distinguished 25-year career in Napa Valley gave him the rare opportunity to work alongside luminaries...
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