Tasting Wines

The People Cristom Vineyards was established in 1992 by the Gerrie family to grow and craft distinguished wines that honor individual sites and old-world techniques. Family-owned thirty years later, they remain stewards of their east-facing volcanic hillside in the Eola-Amity Hills, focused on growing benchmark Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Despite growing up in the Willamette…

The People Waugh Family Cellars was founded by Ryan and Crystal Waugh in 2000.  Ryan followed his dream to be a surgeon at Santa Clara University, where he graduated with degrees in Biology and Chemistry. During Ryan’s freshman year at Santa Clara, a friend’s father shared a bottle of wine with Ryan from the year…

The People We have now featured four Aquilini wine labels, including this one. We have already told the story of the owner, Luigi Aquilini, multiple times; for this wine, we will share the story of one of three consulting winemakers who helped Aquilini continue to perform as a top producer in the industry. Philippe Melka…

The People Angela Vineyards was founded by Antony Beck in 2006. Antony is the son of the well-known Graham Beck, making him a second-generation vintner. Antony followed closely on the heels of his father. Though he may not have been a coalmine pioneer or one of the wealthiest magnates of South Africa, Antony adopted his…

The People Thomas Monroe started Division Winemaking Company in 2010 with Kate Norris, his business partner, and co-winemaker, after attending enology school and learning to make wine in France. Tom Monroe got his start in banking but was drawn away by the artistry of wine. The unique trifecta of people, science, and art has kept…

The People Family is at the heart of Saracina Vineyards and has been since it was founded in 2001. Today, the Taub family is at the helm, proudly stewarding the land and forging an even stronger foundation of superb quality—wines that give Mendocino its due as an exceptional wine-growing region. The Taubs’ multigenerational story is…

The People This label was produced by New Frontier Wine Company, a culmination of innovators and artisans from around the globe, with the heritage of some of Napa’s finest terroirs. Each winemaker is a mysterious creative force – Michel Rolland, Philippe Melka, Maayan Koschitzky, Matt Sands, Alberto Antonini, Joe Shebl, and Juan Pablo Murgia. New…

The People Schug Carneros Estate Winery celebrates the 40th anniversary of its first vintage, made when a passion for Pinot Noir led patriarch Walter Schug to establish his own label and eventually leave Joseph Phelps, where he was the founding winemaker crafting wines that put Napa Valley on the map. Now the family-owned winery is…

The People Andrew Rich’s passion for wine was nurtured not in the soils of Willamette but in the urban sprawl of NYC, where he once edited the wine column for a national magazine. When the pull of wine outgrew that of publishing, he headed to Burgundy to study winemaking & viticulture. This move led him…

The People This bottle is part of Forman Vineyards, founded by Ric Forman in 1983 to fulfill a dream of producing, as a sole proprietor, small quantities of classically made Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. Forman is founded on a philosophy of winemaking which follows a more traditional approach than a technological one. Ric began his…