featured producers
REYES SELECTIONS
Reyes Selections is an emerging portfolio of wines hand-selected by Martin Reyes, M.W. The project grew out of his desire to rekindle relationships with family winemakers formed during his ten years buying for national programs such as The New York Times Wine Club and Williams Sonoma Wine Club. Flagship producers include Tre Bicchieri regular Terre Stregate, acclaimed Chinon producer Couly-Dutheil, and accessibly priced go-to’s such as Château d’Emeringes Beaujolais and Château Fleur Haut Gaussens. In Martin's words, "These are small wineries, many family-owned and stewards of their own land. After many years of buying their excellent wines, I began considering many of these producers genuine friends. Launching Reyes Selections is an opportunity to work with them again." Martin has held influential roles in the wine industry for over 15 years and was named a "Top Forty under Forty Tastemaker" by Wine Enthusiast in 2015.
LOTHIAN VINEYARDS
Lothian is owned and operated by brothers Ewen and Gavin Wilson, whose painstaking search for a perfect vineyard site ended when they found a parcel located within a biodiverse and extraordinarily beautiful nature preserve in Elgin. They have since gained international acclaim for their elegant wines, which are made by Master of Wine Richard Kershaw.
R. STUART & CO
Committed to sustainability and provenance, R. Stuart & Co. creates honest and expressive Oregon wines through their eponymous line, as well as their “Love, Oregon” and Big Fire projects. The twenty years young, family owned winery focuses on pinot noir, and is a pioneer in their region in committing to the clean wine movement - crafting wines sustainably, with minimum sulfites and using vegan winemaking practices.
XUMEK
In Argentina’s Valle de Zonda, near-desert conditions paired with the namesake Zonda wind create a unique mesoclimate. Xumek farms three specific vineyards under these conditions, aiming to leverage the resulting nuances in the grapes for complexity of flavor in finished wines. The winery was founded twenty years ago by Ezequiel Storey, who brings a great respect for the flora and fauna of the region to his winegrowing approach.
CHATEAU MARIS
Wine Spectator has called Château Maris “one of the five most environmentally friendly wineries in the world.” From their farming techniques to the actual winery’s construction, Château Maris has demonstrated a strong commitment to sustainability. As the first European winery to achieve B Corp certification, and the first winery in their appellation to be certified biodynamic, they are also pioneers - they have even exported wine to the U.S. via sailboat!
CELLER KRIPTA
Though a relatively new winery, Celler Kripta has emerged as a benchmark Cava producer, with founder Augustí Torelló Mata earning the first gold medal for merit in winemaking from the Spanish Ministry of Agricuture. The complexity of Kripta’s Cavas easily rivals that of Champagne; in fact Mata presided over the 1992 Champagne Trade Fair. Kripta is located just outside Barcelona and is now run by Mata’s children, Gemma and Àlex.
AMITY VINEYARDS
Amity Vineyards is a founding Oregon winery. Started in 1974 by winemaker Myron Redford, the goal was to make world class Pinot Noir. Myron was a pioneer of organically grown sulfite-free wines, and produced Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc on his fifteen acre property. Today, Union Wine Company’s Ryan Harms and his brother Eric Harms are at the helm, and they honor Myron’s legacy by continuing to produce the same varieties in true to terroir styles.
BOUTINOT
Boutinot’s wines are a product of their people, and the global network of relationships they’ve formed with passionate vintners around the world. Partnerships with flagship wineries such as Dinastia Vivanco and Bodegas Hermanos Hernaiz, together with innovative and traditional proprietary labels, created both through global collaborations with vintners as well as harvesting and vinifying fruit from their own vineyards, make them a unique resource for wine retailers. Their relationships drive the way they grow, harvest, make, and bottle wine, ultimately bringing the consumer high quality wines at every price point. The Boutinot team is comprised of 180 people, including Nigel Wilkinson, MS and Tony Brown, MW.
MAISON OGIER
With over 150 years of history in the Rhone Valley, Maison Ogier brings an intrinsic understanding of the region’s terroir, history, and traditions to their winemaking. Producing wines from both Northern and Southern Rhône appellations, they strive to express the diversity of sites within the region. Respect for the land is paramount at Ogier -their cornerstone Artesis Côtes du Rhône is organic, as is their white Côtes du Rhône and Châteauneuf du Pape.
AMASS BRANDS
Amass is a pioneer in the beverage industry, focusing on innovation through incorporating wellness values. With a focus on organic and “better for you” ingredients including mushrooms, adaptogens, and botanicals their wines and spirits appeal to the health- and style-conscious consumer.
VINEYARD 29
Tucked away in the northwestern hills of the Mayacamas Mountains, Vineyard 29 combines artisan sensibilities with state of the art technology to consistently produce highly scored, collectible wines. With the vision and skill of acclaimed winemaker Keith Emerson (veteran of Cakebread and Gundlach Bundschu), and an an eye towards sustainability, Vineyard 29 has emerged as a top Napa producer.
FAMILIA SCHROEDER
In extreme Patagonia, Familia Schroeder’s wines are helping to establish this emerging region as one of the Southern Hemisphere’s most promising. With several levels of wines ranging from everyday, accessibly priced options to highly rated reserve cuvées, the winery offers options that allow wine lovers to explore what is possible in the region. The Schroeder family established roots in Patagonia in 1927, and the second generation now directs operations. The winery is famous for another reason: a dinosaur skeleton found on the property was identified as a new species and named Panamericansaurus Schroederi after the site.