One of the things I love most about wine has very little to do with tasting notes or scores. Wine brings people together. On our recent trip to France, we visited several wineries, but one experience in Burgundy really stood out for me: Domaine Gille . We were hosted by the wife of a husband-and-wife winemaking team whose family has been growing Pinot Noir for more than a century. She showed us the cellar and vineyards and talked about how the land has been passed down through generations. In...

My sister and I have always joked that the ultimate symbol of adulting isn’t buying a house, it’s buying a couch. A real couch. Not the hand-me-down futon or the lumpy Craigslist find, but the “we’ve made it” kind of couch.   Well, I think I’ve found the business equivalent of that moment: hanging your sign .   Sure, we’ve had a modest little sign at the vineyard gate since 2023—just a one-foot by two-foot rectangle that quietly whispered, “We’re here… somewhere past the dirt road.” But this...

Skyhaven Wines Blends Arizona Terroir and Medieval Flair at New Willcox Vineyard