by Don Knerr | Nov 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Augusta County, Virginia In 1996, budding vintners John and Susan Kiers purchased a 100-acre farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley for the purpose of growing wine grapes. After selling their grapes to area wineries for over a decade, the Kiers family built their own...
by Don Knerr | Nov 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Monticello AVA, Virginia Thomas Jefferson and Philip Mazzei chose the very same site when they grew grapes here almost 250 years ago. Back then, our estate was the site of Virginia’s first wine company. With our present operation, we have bridged the origins of...
by Don Knerr | Aug 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Sonoma, California Here at Qupé, our wines focus on quality, character, and balance. We specialize in Rhône-style wines from the Bien Nacido Vineyard in Santa Maria, that is farmed sustainable, the Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard in the Edna Valley, and the Ibarra-Young...
by Don Knerr | Apr 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Columbia Valley, Washington Pioneer of the Columbia Valley wine region, Butch Milbrandt saw potential in Eastern Washington. He’s one of the first to drive a stake into what is now known as a world-class wine destination. In 1997, this fourth-generation farmer took a...
by Don Knerr | Apr 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Finger Lakes AVA, New York Ravines Wine Cellars is an artisanal winery in the Finger Lakes, America’s premier cool-climate wine region. It is the passion of Morten & Lisa Hallgren, a European Winemaker/Oenologist and his Chef wife. Together, they have...
by Don Knerr | Mar 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
California Carol Shelton has won Winemaker of the Year five times, has countless gold medals for her wines and was named one of eight Pioneer Women Winemakers of Sonoma County in 2005. She continues to win awards and accolades – her 2011 Wild Thing Zinfandel was...
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