As the year ends, we reflect back on everything that has happened with gratitude. Two years ago we started with 2 wine producers we represented, two pallets of wine, one customer, and a disco warehouse. We now represent 20 winemakers and one spirits producer, we are in 4 states and the district, and we have…
Category: Wine philosophy
“Wine Hunter” documentary trailer released; fundraising to support distribution
My journey into the wine business has been interesting, and full of twists and turns. And one of the most interesting twists happened last year. I had the unique opportunity to tell my story to Chrisa Giorgi, the award-winning documentary filmmaker behind Wine Cellar Stories. Chrisa chronicled how I decided to give up a career…
A Visit to Pietro Nera: 3 Generations of Heroic Viticulture
A story that epitomizes my journey into wine importing…a relatively undiscovered wine, and a warm family welcome.
Villa Corniole – an introduction to the Pellegrini family and “heroic” viticulture
A visit to the Pellegrini family, the owners of Villa Corniole in Trentino.
Wide Roots in the community: April/May 2021
Supporting local charities in April and May
Perspectives on clean and organic wines
Is knowing that a wine is “clean and without artifical additives” the only factor important to you, or are you also interested in where it comes from and who produces it?
Wide Roots in the community: Learning to Live Movement
The opportunity to support this life-changing non profit in the Baltimore area was a no brainer. It’s so congruent with our mission and values, and the personal experience that seeded this company.
Statement on the events of Wednesday, 6 January 2021
Every day, we feel fortunate to wake up in the morning, having the freedom to pursue our passion in wine, and better yet, making a living at it. It is sometimes easy to take this for granted, but after yesterday, we are not. Yesterday was a dark day in our history. We no longer live…
Adventures in wine travels – a meeting with a legend
An incredible run-in with a legend, and a family winery visit that seeded a route into the wine business.
Being grateful in 2020
Photo credit: JeannieBird Baking Company According to the incorporation documents in the state of Maryland, Wide Roots, LLC was born almost exactly one year ago, on 27-December 2019 at 4:20 pm. And if you asked me then if it would look like it did today, I would have been…surprised. A trip to Italy was planned,…