What Our Wine Icons Mean

A Life in Wine

Wine's deliciousness is enough for it to return to the table time and time again. But as a career, it is the people you meet who sustain you. In this series of interviews and profiles, we explore the nature of living a life in wine with some of the industry's most pivotal figures.


Illustration by Margaret Mclain

Key to Our Wine Icons

– Practicing Organic
 – Certified Organic
 – Practicing Biodynamic
 – Certified Biodynamic
– Promotes Biodiversity
– Old Vines
– Heroic Viticulture
– Volcanic Soil
– Traditional Winemaking
– Clay Vessel Winemaking
– Family-Operated Winery
– Historic Winery
– Co-operative Winery
– Négociant
– Stay at Winery
– Olive Oil Producer
– Age-Worthy Wine
– Expensive Wine (+$100)
– Requires Some Searching

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