June Calloway
Ambler Creek Vineyards · Marshall, NC · since 2011
“At 2,400 feet the nights do half the winemaking. September drops twenty degrees after dark.”
4.9 · 3 experiences · from $55
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Producer of the month · August
Perdenales Ridge Cellars · Fredericksburg, TX · making wine since 2009
“There are nine inches of soil here before you hit limestone. Everything I do is an argument with that.”
Estate Tempranillo and Mourvèdre grown on shallow limestone, fermented in concrete.
Chosen from the 7 producers rating 4.85 or better across at least 100 visits, in rotation, one a month. It cannot be bought — $0 is what a producer can pay for placement here, at any stage.
Ambler Creek Vineyards · Marshall, NC · since 2011
“At 2,400 feet the nights do half the winemaking. September drops twenty degrees after dark.”
4.9 · 3 experiences · from $55
VisitPerdenales Ridge Cellars · Fredericksburg, TX · since 2009
“There are nine inches of soil here before you hit limestone. Everything I do is an argument with that.”
4.9 · 3 experiences · from $65
VisitQuillfeather Farm Distillery · Rhinebeck, NY · since 2012
“The rye grows forty feet from the still. Walk the field, then taste what three years in wood does to it.”
4.8 · 3 experiences · from $75
VisitSalt Fork Distilling Co. · Johnson City, TX · since 2014
“Blue corn from forty miles away, on a still I hammered myself.”
4.7 · 3 experiences · from $35
VisitHollow Bell Brewing · Blanco, TX · since 2016
“Everybody says patience is the ingredient. Almost nobody actually waits.”
4.6 · 2 experiences · from $22
VisitRhodine Brewing Works · Asheville, NC · since 2019
“The house culture is older than the brewery. Some of what it does tastes strange on purpose.”
4.7 · 2 experiences · from $45
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Every producer we hold a record for is named above. The atlas counts 17 open regions across the whole roster we are building toward; the names here are the ones you can book today.
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