The Spill

The People Outpolling Peyton Manning in 1997 to win the Heisman Trophy as a defensive player set the expectations for Charles Woodson’s success pretty high. He delivered over an 18-year NFL career with the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers being named to the Pro Bowl nine times while racking up numerous other awards and…

The People Bootleg is a part of Jackson Family Wines, one of the pioneering winemaking families in Napa Valley. They saw potential in California wines before the rest of the world took notice and bought land in 1974 to being growing Chardonnay. Their success was due in large part to their philosophy of employing terroir…

The People When a Texan fancies he’ll take his chances, chances will be taken. That’s for sure. And so it was with Vicarious winemaker, Jason Moore. Growing up in Dallas, winemaker wasn’t exactly the most obvious career path, but at the age of 24, after working as a waiter and acquiring a love for the…

The People Making great wine is a religious experience. The best teams have a deep, heart-felt affinity for the land and a reverence for the vines that they worship. Gianfranco Farimbella and Joshua Maloney understand the soil, sun, wind, and rain and share a passion for crafting great wine.  Vineyard manager, Gianfranco, grew up in…

The People  We are suckers for rags-to-riches stories and this wine is the product of one of our favorites. The owner, Luigi Aquilini came to North America in 1956 from a small farm in Northern Italy seeking a new future. Over the next 65 years he built an empire in agriculture, construction, entertainment, and hospitality….

This single-vineyard pinot noir, very Burgundian in style, sits at the intersection of new-world and old-world wine.

The People The duo behind Silver Trident traveled similar paths to Napa Valley. Walter Jost is a former hospitality company executive. He is originally from Switzerland and has the meticulous attention to detail that is purely Swiss.  His globetrotting partner in the venture, Bob Binder, is the cofounder of Oceania Cruises, a luxury operator that…

The People When a Texan fancies he’ll take his chances, chances will be taken. That’s for sure. And so it was with Vicarious winemaker, Jason Moore. Growing up in Dallas, winemaker wasn’t exactly the most obvious career path, but at the age of 24, after working as a waiter and acquiring a love for the…