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Winemakers Women in Wine, PT 2

Cellar Talk with Nicky Parish

In honor of Women’s History Month, get to know a modern New Zealand winemaker. Interview by Nick Baines.

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Behind the Wine

A special thank you from Matt Parish

From tenures at Beringer and Stags’ Leap and successful harvests around the world from Rioja to Rutherford, you might think one of the world’s best winemakers had done it all – but that was before nakedwines.com Angels entered the picture.

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Naked Truth

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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Behind the Wine

Nakedwines.com celebrates 7 years!

This online wine revolution started seven whole years ago today. And your winemakers are busy celebrating YOUR success!

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Behind the Wine

A special holiday message from your winemakers

We’re grateful for you this season (and all seasons!) It’s nearing the end of 2018 (where did the time go?) – and your winemakers are wrapping up harvest as we speak… And that wondrous time – when the cellar goes quiet, and row after row of oak barrels are stacked snug, full of hundreds more Angel-funded wines… […]

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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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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

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 […]

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Everybody should be able to enjoy Napa Cab

Matt had a dream to make Napa Cab that everybody could enjoy Only a winemaker funded by Angels could make a Napa Cab that tastes this good and costs so little Angel funding gave Matt the power to make the perfect Napa Cab. Big, concentrated ripe fruit and dense with flavor… yum. It’s the kind of […]

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Winemaker Post

Winemaker of the Year announcement

Our Chief Winemaker sent Angels an email on February 19th announcing the Winemaker of the Year competition. This is a contest where 4 winemakers will win $1 million in Angel funding. We use customer feedback and interactions on the site to figure out the best wines of 2015 as well as the winemaker of the year. […]