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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
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Twenty-one people who make what they pour.
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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Colin Naismith
Ironbark Ridge Wines · Tanunda, South Australia · since 1968
“These vines were planted before the war on their own roots. I am the shortest part of their story.”
4.8 · 2 experiences · from A$45
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Sen Ito
Marrowbone Tea Atelier · Hudson, NY · since 2017
“Tea is not supposed to grow at this latitude. Under glass, with enough stubbornness, it does.”
5.0 · 2 experiences · from $55
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Ines Aldritch
Verdant Hour · Beacon, NY · since 2021
“Take the alcohol out and you have nowhere to hide. Everything has to be there for a reason.”
4.8 · 2 experiences · from $32
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