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The winemaker dethroning Willamette Pinot

Scott’s made an Oregon red richer than Pinot Noir – and nakedwines.com’s customers are the first to fund it! Scott Kelley is THE Pinot Noir expert who made Robert Mondavi Private Selection and Estancia Pinot Noir for over a decade. His wines have fans all over the country! …But Scott’s passion was to make his own wine […]

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Behind the wine with Scott Peterson

Watch this video about Scott’s rescue and unlock $50 off your first order from nakedwines.com* It all started with a hope, a dream… and a dog With nothing but a full tank of gas, his pickup truck and a trusty dog a 19-year-old Scott Peterson traveled from Colonial Williamsburg to California in pursuit of winemaking. […]

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The world-class Cab Franc you helped rescue

When a Walla Walla vineyard got caught in the middle of a turf war, Dave couldn’t just let the Cab Franc go to waste… especially after one of Washington’s biggest wineries turned their back.

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Napa shouldn’t give up on the 99%

There is a real risk that Napa’s success in the luxury market could lead to its downfall – unless companies like nakedwines.com take action to stop it.

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Me & Monsieur Jones: A winemaker love story

Watch this video about Katie and unlock $50 off your first order from nakedwines.com* Katie is a lovely British lady who worked for a lifetime in the wine industry before saving enough to live her dream… she bought a vineyard in the south of France and started making her own wine. She worked at a […]

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Harvest updates from indie wine country

It’s the most important time of year for your giddy Angel-funded winemakers… Harvest! And nothing can change the big, glowing smiles on your winemakers’ faces. They’ve been waiting for this month like a kid waiting for Santa… and it’s finally here! It’s harvest season y’all…  

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7 times Naked Angels rescued people in need

Thanks to the support of over 100,000 Angels all around America (and another 150k around the world), we have the resources to help talented winemakers do what they’re best at all year round. And beyond that, there have been a handful of times when our Angels went above and beyond the call of duty to […]

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Taking wine back from the BIG Brands

Some very smart people in the wine business are saying that the wine world is about to end as we know it. It’s a pretty scary story about how the top .03% of wineries produce almost 50% of American wine. That’s just 3 behemoth companies with dozens and dozens of big brands under their umbrellas. Thanks to the […]

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How Angels Out-Amazon’ed Amazon

The wine world is stubbornly reliant on “expert opinions”, and wine drinkers end up footing the bill for a whole lot of people to tell them what they should and shouldn’t drink. But we don’t need wine advocates any more than we need pizza advocates or cheese gurus. Everybody is capable of tasting wine and […]

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Naked News Roundup January 2016

If you’re a Naked fan, then you’re likely to enjoy these wine articles: Prince of Pinot reviews Angel-funded Pinot Noir – Prince of Pinot tastes through a lot of our wines and declares “AMAZING value in every wine,” especially Jacqueline Bahue’s Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir. Full reviews published in the January edition of the PinotFile. We’re […]