Gaspereau Valley, Nova Scotia Benjamin Bridge, a women-led trailblazing force in Canadian winemaking for over two decades, is dedicated to sustainability, community, and innovation. Its mandate centres on crafting exceptional wines that redefine industry norms. From the iconic Nova 7 to groundbreaking fermented-in-can sparkling wines, the winery consistently pushes boundaries, guided by values of integrity,...
Barnard, Vermont La Garagista is located on Mount Hunger at the edge of the Chateauguay forrest in the Piedmont chain of hills in Barnard, Vermont. They produce terroir expressing alpine wine and ciders. The land has been part of small homestead farming for over two hundred years and Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barber have owned...
Terricciola, Toscana In the nineties, when Tuscan winemakers were still pulling up “local blending grapes” to plant the so-called international varieties beloved by the Super Tuscan movement, the Cantoni family discovered a property that was full of precious old vines, including a vineyard that was planted in 1895. They brought in Sangiovese expert Professor Bandinelli,...
Boursault, Valle de la Marne, Champagne Bruno de Villepin Cellar Tenth generation winemaker of a large Burgundy family, Bruno de Villepin settled in Champagne in 1999 on the family property, purchased by his great-great-grandfather to the Duchess of Uzès, granddaughter of Veuve Clicquot. 2.12 hectares (5.25 acres) of vineyard, composed of 55% of Pinot Meunier,...
Steinbach, Styria The Tscherne winery and inn is a new/old project owned by the Strauss family and run by Bettina & Gustav Strauss. They have revitalized the original house and rebuilt the barn in an attempt to preserve the history of the property. The wines produced at Tscherne are done in the same manner as...
Steinbach, Styria The Strauss wine estate is located in Steinbach near Gamlitz where the large Gamlitzberg vineyard (the largest in southern Styria) dominates. The estate began in 1810 under the name “Shopper” with the Strauss name first appearing in regards to the estate in 1948. In 1948 Karl and Johanna Strauss took over the business....
Eisenberg, Südburgenland The Jalits winery is a traditional family winery that goes back 5 generations in the southern Burgenland region of Eisenberg (iron hill). Prior to Mathias Jalits, the current winemaker, and his parents Anna and Alfred, the grapes grown by the Jalits family were made into wine for family and local consumption as well...
Apetlon, Burgenland The Steindorfer winery is a small family operation with 25 acres located in the village of Apetlon in the Seewinkel region of Burgenland (northern shore of Lake Neusiedl). The Steindorfer family has been engaged with wine for four generations, starting in 1896 with the grandfather of the current winemaker Ernst Steindorfer. Currently Ernst'...
Jois, Burgenland The Hillinger winery organically farms roughly 220 acres of vines in the Burgenland specifically around the villages of Rust, Oggau and Jois. In doing so the winery is one of the larger Austrian producers of high quality wines, producing over a million bottles from a fairly even mix of white (grüner, welschriesling, pb,...
Oberwaltersdorf, Thermenregion The Hartl farm is located in the Thermenregion which borders Vienna to the north and the Leithaberg range to the east. The regions two major climactic influences come from these two boarder areas; cooler winds from the north and the warmth of the Pannonian Plain to the east. Like many wineries in Austria,...
Göttelsbrunn, Carnuntrum The Netzl farm is located in the village Göttlesbrunn in the Austrian wine region of Carnuntum and has history going back to 1860. The farm spent many years as a small multi-use farm. The shift-of-focus to grape growing happened in the 1980s when Franz and Christine Netzl took over the farm from Franz's...
Röschitz, Weinviertel The Ruttenstock winery has been producing beautiful wines for four generations in the village Röschitz in the Weinviertel region of Austria. The Weinviertel is quite vast relative to other Austrian wine regions, it stretches from the Danube valley in the south to the Czech border in the north, and from the Manhartsberg in...