How 3 guys brought black wine to America

These wines are practically impossible to get in America. [Welcome to RiskHedge] Dear Reader, In my last email, I introduced you to David Galland, our "secret" partner in RiskHedge… It was David who discovered Stephen McBride and remains active behind the scenes, working from a tiny pueblo in the middle of nowhere Argentina… …a town so small and rustic that some residents still use horses as a primary method of transportation. It is from this pueblo, tucked into the Calchaquí Valley, that David and Agustin Lanus, his winemaking partner, are passionately helping to create awareness for the special qualities of extreme altitude wines. Although USA Today has called it "the best wine region you've never heard of…" These wines are practically impossible to get in America. If you can find it, a single bottle can cost over $500 retail. The exact opposite of today's "industrial" wines Unlike the mass-produced, watery, over-sugared wines now dominating wine markets… …the wines made by Agustin and a tiny brotherhood of winemakers laboring at the very limit of where grapes can be grown are beautifully rich, complex, with no added sugar… …made in tiny—mostly family-owned—vineyards from grapes nourished by snow melt from the surrounding Andes… And because there are few insects at altitudes above 9,200 feet, the wines are produced with minimal use of insecticides (not the case with the lower-altitude, industrial wines). Agustin Lanus preparing to plant a new extreme altitude vineyard in Luracatao The scientific reason these wines are so special… In order to survive extreme conditions, including UV rays 80% stronger than in Bourdeax, and overnight temperature swings of as much as 70 degrees, the grapes have to develop very thick skins. Any winemaker will tell you that [all]( [the best qualities of a wine grape are found in the skin](, not the watery pulp in the middle. The tannins, the flavor profile, the complexity, the polyphenols, and more… are all concentrated in the skins. These rare grapes literally paint stainless steel red when they're crushed during harvest. For a winemaker, this juice is pure gold… the nutrient- and polyphenol-rich lifeblood from which to create limited production wines rarely available in even the finest wine stores in North America and Europe. Some varieties of this wine are so rich and dark, the locals call it "black wine." Then along came Wine Explorer Will Bonner… Several years ago Will Bonner, whose family owns an estancia the size of Rhode Island high in the Andes, also became fascinated by the small, ultra-remote, extreme altitude vineyards of the Calchaquí Valley, some of which have been in production for over 100 years… …and set out on a personal mission to discover these micro-terroirs, often even risking his life in the process. In time, he created the Bonner Family Private Wine Partnership, the only wine society dedicated to introducing these wines—most with vintages too small to attract a larger distributor—to American wine lovers tired of weak-soup wines selling for inflated prices. [You can read the entire story by clicking here](. Life's an adventure…. way too short to spend on "industrial" wine. (To be continued…) Olivier Garret CEO RiskHedge P.S. Thanks to our secret partner, David Galland, and the Bonner Family Private Wine Partnership, you now have a unique opportunity to enjoy a selection of these truly remarkable wines for yourself. You'll have to act quickly, though. Supplies of these tiny vintage wines are limited and will sell out quickly, and they cannot be shipped in the upcoming heat of summer. [Go here to claim your wine before the shipping window closes](. Copyright © 2022 RiskHedge. All Rights Reserved RiskHedge | PO Box 1423 | Stowe, VT 05672 [Click here to unsubscribe from our Bonner Private Wine Partnership correspondence.]( [Click here to manage your email preferences.](