Swick: “Naked” Wines of the Pacific Northwest

We would like to introduce you to one of our newest suppliers Swick Wines! Here are some words about these wonderfully unique and authentic wines, direct from winemaker Joe Swick. “I’m a Portland, Oregon native and 5th generation Oregonian.  I got into the wine industry in 2003 with a cellar position at Owen Roe Winery.  […]

this just in: Domaine de la Prebende Beaujolais Blanc

DOMAINE DE LA PRÉBENDE Beaujolais Blanc Country: France Region: Beaujolais Appellation(s): Beaujolais Producer: Dupeuble Family Founded: 1947 Annual Production: 3,500 cases Farming: Lutte Raisonnée Domaine de la Prébende produces a deeply mineral Beaujolais from a predominantly clay and limestone terroir, a rarity in a region dominated by granite soils. “Uno prébende” essentially means “a tax,” and the domaine […]

Tenuta La Favola Bianco: A NEW Sicilian Summer White

The Wines are just how Corrado described them, small windows into this little piece of the world and it’s terroir. No bells, and no whistles… just pure, clean and passionately made wines that talk about a place and time. His estate stands upon a hill in the far right-end corner of Sicily. When Corrado goes down […]

Innovation within Tradition: Casa Scarpa and the rise of Barbera in Monferrato

Antica Casa Vinicola Scarpa was founded by Antonio Scarpa* in 1854. Scarpa’s reputation was made beginning in the 1960s and 70s by Mario Pesce, whose father purchased the winery some years earlier. Mario was one of those souls who, while respecting the traditions and history of his region, was ambitious enough to think that they […]