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Not brands. Not tasting rooms with someone else’s wine on the shelf. Every one of them has been visited, and every one of them still works the floor.

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A winemaker beside the vineyard tractor at first light

Producer of the month · August

Elena Ruiz

Perdenales Ridge Cellars · Fredericksburg, TX · making wine since 2009

“There are nine inches of soil here before you hit limestone. Everything I do is an argument with that.”

Estate Tempranillo and Mourvèdre grown on shallow limestone, fermented in concrete.

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4.9
from 236 visits
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Chosen from the 7 producers rating 4.85 or better across at least 100 visits, in rotation, one a month. It cannot be bought — $0 is what a producer can pay for placement here, at any stage.

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All regionsBlue Ridge Foothills 4Hudson Valley 4Texas Hill Country 4Barossa Valley 3Bordeaux 3Speyside 3
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  • A winemaker carrying a picking crate down the vine rowsWinery

    June Calloway

    Ambler Creek Vineyards · Marshall, NC · since 2011

    “At 2,400 feet the nights do half the winemaking. September drops twenty degrees after dark.”

    4.9 · 3 experiences · from $55

    Visit
  • A winemaker beside the vineyard tractor at first lightWinery

    Elena Ruiz

    Perdenales Ridge Cellars · Fredericksburg, TX · since 2009

    “There are nine inches of soil here before you hit limestone. Everything I do is an argument with that.”

    4.9 · 3 experiences · from $65

    Visit
  • A cask held over the toasting flame, hand steadying the rimDistillery

    Deke Harmon

    Quillfeather Farm Distillery · Rhinebeck, NY · since 2012

    “The rye grows forty feet from the still. Walk the field, then taste what three years in wood does to it.”

    4.8 · 3 experiences · from $75

    Visit
  • A distiller in a work apron scraping down a copper pot stillDistillery

    Wes Alvarado

    Salt Fork Distilling Co. · Johnson City, TX · since 2014

    “Blue corn from forty miles away, on a still I hammered myself.”

    4.7 · 3 experiences · from $35

    Visit
  • A brewer crouched at the tank valves in safety glassesBrewery

    Hana Whitlock

    Hollow Bell Brewing · Blanco, TX · since 2016

    “Everybody says patience is the ingredient. Almost nobody actually waits.”

    4.6 · 2 experiences · from $22

    Visit
  • A brewer's hand pulling a glass through the tap lineMicrobrewery

    Marlow Reyes

    Rhodine Brewing Works · Asheville, NC · since 2019

    “The house culture is older than the brewery. Some of what it does tastes strange on purpose.”

    4.7 · 2 experiences · from $45

    Visit
  • A picked cluster held up to the light at the row's endWinery

    Margit Keller

    Stonecourt Estate · Millbrook, NY · since 1998

    “The cellar was dug in 1999 and has held its temperature ever since. Riesling wants a cold floor.”

    4.8 · 3 experiences · from $55

    Visit
  • A cidermaker's hand closing round an apple still on the branchCidery

    Abel Finch

    Twelve Springs Cidery · Hendersonville, NC · since 2013

    “I hand you a Virginia Hewes Crab and watch your face. Unpleasant apple, honest cider.”

    4.8 · 3 experiences · from $32

    Visit
  • A distiller working the manway of the spirit stillDistillery

    Tom Rideout

    Angas Fold Distilling · Nuriootpa, South Australia · since 2016

    “We buy the casks the wineries are finished with. Half this valley ends up in the spirit somehow.”

    4.8 · 2 experiences · from A$55

    Visit
  • A distillery hand crossing the yard between the warehousesDistillery

    Ross Kinloch

    Auchenree Distillery · Craigellachie, Moray · since 1897

    “Same shape of still since 1897. We replaced one once and spent two years getting the spirit back.”

    4.8 · 2 experiences · from £25

    Visit
  • Stained hands cutting fruit into the picking binWinery

    Priya Nandakumar

    Bethanie Creek Estate · Angaston, South Australia · since 1994

    “Everyone here makes Shiraz. The question is only whether you are honest about the heat.”

    4.8 · 2 experiences · from A$35

    Visit
  • Gloved hands lifting a full frame clear of the hiveMeadery

    Amos Deleon

    Caliche & Fig · Stonewall, TX · since 2018

    “The bees decide what the vintage tastes like. I just bottle their opinion.”

    4.8 · 2 experiences · from $48

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  • A winemaker leaning into the open fermenter to draw a sampleWinery

    Amandine Roux

    Cave des Quais · Bordeaux, Gironde · since 1961

    “The river made this city rich on other people's wine. We are trying to make some of our own.”

    4.7 · 2 experiences · from €35

    Visit
  • A winemaker holding a glass to the cellar light above the casksWinery

    Théo Marchetti

    Clos du Héron · Saint-Émilion, Gironde · since 2004

    “Six seats, one table, and the same bottle opened four different years.”

    4.9 · 2 experiences · from €55

    Visit
  • Coopers raising casks on the workshop floorProducer

    Davey Strachan

    Corriemuir Cooperage · Rothes, Moray · since 1954

    “A cask is thirty-two pieces of oak and not one drop of glue. It holds because of the shape.”

    4.8 · 2 experiences · from £22

    Visit
  • A cellar master walking the barrel aisle at FontclairWinery

    Bastien Fourcade

    Domaine Fontclair · Margaux-Cantenac, Gironde · since 1978

    “My father topped these barrels by hand and so do I. It is four hours a week and it is not negotiable.”

    4.8 · 2 experiences · from €45

    Visit
  • A roaster watching the drum through the trier, lit from the windowCoffee roaster

    Nia Broadwater

    Foxhound Row Roasters · Asheville, NC · since 2015

    “Nobody drives an hour for coffee. That is exactly why we make it worth the drive.”

    4.8 · 3 experiences · from $18

    Visit
  • A distiller at the foot of the washbacksDistillery

    Callum Petrie

    Glen Tarrach · Aberlour, Moray · since 2011

    “Everyone here is older than us by a century. That is permission to try things, not a reason not to.”

    4.8 · 2 experiences · from £30

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Ways in, if 21 is too many

All collections

  • Third generation or more

    6 producers

  • Fewer than six people

    11 producers

  • Founded by women

    8 producers

  • Joined this year

    13 producers

Every one of these counts producers who answered the question themselves, in their own editor — not producers we think qualify. Some decline, and a producer who declines is counted on neither side. We never guess who founded a business from a name.

The whole list

Every producer, by region

Short enough to print in full. That’s the point.

Blue Ridge Foothills4

Hudson Valley4

Texas Hill Country4

Barossa Valley3

Bordeaux3

Speyside3

Every producer we hold a record for is named above. The atlas counts 17 open regions across the whole roster we are building toward; the names here are the ones you can book today.

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