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  • Orin Swift Wines

    Orin Swift Wines

    In my opinion, David Swift Phinney – founder and winemaker at Orin Swift wines – is one of the most talented and innovative wine producers in this country. According to…

  • The Prisoner Wine Company Thorn 2015

    The Prisoner Wine Company Thorn 2015

    Women winemakers are still, sadly, reasonably rare in the wine world. But not at The Prisoner Wine Company, where Chrissy Wittman serves as Director of Winemaking and Niki Williams is…

  • Fine Wines: E. Guigal Saint-Joseph 2015

    Fine Wines: E. Guigal Saint-Joseph 2015

    The 2015 vintage red wines from E. Guigal come from a year in the Northern Rhone where conditions for grape growing were nearly perfect.

  • 19 Crimes Red Wine

    19 Crimes Red Wine

    “Nineteen crimes turned criminals into colonists.” The were 19 crimes of which, upon conviction of any, British rogues were sentenced to live in Australia. This “punishment by transportation” began in…