Naked’s wine-led competition, Wine of the Year, kicks off again this summer. Here’s how we selected 2023’s nominees!
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Naked’s wine-led competition, Wine of the Year, kicks off again this summer. Here’s how we selected 2023’s nominees!
He’s an 8-time Winemaker of the Year who made legendary Penfolds Grange. He could pick any vineyard in the world to make his next project -Sonoma wins every time.
Get to know a winemaker who changed her life for Sonoma’s big reds – and never looked back
Premier Old Vine Zinfandel blocks that survived Prohibition stand strong in Dry Creek Valley – and winemaker Derek Rohlffs insists, a near 100 years later, no region competes with their majesty.
Sonoma is home to indie winemaker Scott Peterson — thanks to the online community of Naked Wines and its Angels, who refused to let him give it up.
Read Scott’s thank you message to Angels below.
This is the story of Scott Peterson – and the moment winemaking met its new model.
Independent winemaker collective voted 2022’s “10Best” Wine Club by USA Today
Naked’s inaugural wine-led competition, Wine of the Year, kicks off this summer. Here’s how we selected 2022’s nominees for the vote.
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In honor of women in wine, get to know Bordeaux-born winemaker with a Napa heart. Interview by Elizabeth Smith. Photography by Mike Battey.