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Naked Contest

The Second Annual Winemaker of the Year is…

We’re proud to announce the winners of the second annual Winemaker of the Year awards! The campaign trail was very exciting. People made shirts and fliers for their favorite winemakers around the office, and we collected thousands and thousands of votes from Angels all around the country. This year’s big title goes to: Matt Parish, […]

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Behind the Wine

Celebrate International Women’s Day with Your Talented Winemakers

  It’s International Women’s Day today, so we’ve got a great opportunity to highlight some of the amazing women who make wine for our Angels. The wine world is not an easy place for talented women to make their mark and I’m personally very proud that the Angels offer so many opportunities for people to use […]

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Naked Behind the Scenes

The biggest award in winemaking?

There are many competitions and critics who can give a wine accolades, but how many wine awards result in funding the winemaker’s dream wine? Last year, Carmen Stevens unhooked the 2015 Winemaker of the Year award and won $400,000 to make her dreams come true. Voting is now open for the 2016 Winemaker of the […]

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Behind the Wine

What Napa and Sonoma winemakers drink when nobody’s watching…

There’s a dirty secret in wine country… Even though Napa Cab is the most famous wine in the country, a lot of the people who make big bold reds like to sneak off and drink other people’s wines from time to time. Every now and then you’ll even catch us drinking a beer (or two!) […]

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Naked Welcome

How to find wines you’ll love

Here are a few helpful tips for how to find wines you’ll love when you shop at nakedwines.com There are a lot of great wines on this site, but only some of them will be perfect for YOU and your palate. And because we only work with independent winemakers and wines made exclusively for Angels, you […]

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Naked Behind the Scenes

10 winemakers you need to know

One of the reasons Angel-funded wines taste so good is that every wine is the passion project of an independent winemaker who stands behind his or her work. Anyone with tastebuds can take a sip of these wines and know they’re something special – but if you’re ready to take it to the next level and enjoy […]

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Naked Behind the Scenes

100,000 Angels in the USA!

WOOHOO! There are now 100,000 Angels in the USA! You can now connect to 100k other wine drinkers, millions of reviews and a whole army of amazing winemakers who are making wine just for you. Now that we have 100,000 Angels, we can fund dozens and dozens of exciting new wines made just for you. The […]

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Behind the Wine

Why is Champagne expensive? Is it really so special?

If you’re anything like me, you’ve asked this question before – What’s so special about Champagne? No doubt, you can enjoy all sparkling wines without knowing how they’re made. …But when you know – really know- Champagne, you’ll fall in love. Especially because Angels fund authentic, bona fide, top-tier Champagne… and the man born to make it. That *pop*… […]

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Behind the Wine

The most exclusive Napa Cabernet Angels ever funded just sold out in 6 days

Ken Deis released a collector’s edition of his Reserve Napa Cabernet — and it sold out in six days… Only 300 cases were ever made of Ken’s 2014 Reserve Cabernet You funded Ken to make Cab from the iconic vineyards that gave Napa its unbeatable reputation… and his face has been plastered with a grin since harvest. […]

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Behind the Wine

Thank you from the world’s most grateful winemakers

I am so grateful for you — we all are Instead of filling your inbox with zany holiday offers (don’t worry, those are coming, too), I wanted to show you how much your incredible support means to everyone here in the Naked family — including 130 winemakers (and counting). The whole Naked team will be […]