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Wine Club
A wine club membership designed for the intrepid explorer and tastemaker, or anyone looking to drink something new and delicous. With each shipment, you will discover extraodinary and unique wines, and the stories behind these passionate winegrowers and the regions they call home.
From $98.00
Curated Collections
Choose your own wine adventure with our 4-, 6- and 12-bottle Curated Collections. Ideal for enhancing your personal cellar or giving as thoughtful gifts. Shop by Occasion, Region, or Staff Favorites, and explore the diverse and extensive Vinalia portfolio today.
Bottle Shop
Embark on a journey through the world of wine, one grape at a time. Our Bottle Shop showcases the hidden gems of lesser-known wine regions, granting you access to incredible wines rarely found in the US.
Seasonal Sips
Cozy up this season with our Wines of Winter Collection, featuring rich, warming bottles perfect for chilly nights and festive gatherings.
Gift Guide
Shop Vinalia's wine gifts for all of the wine lovers in your life. From your favorite bottles to one-off collections and gift cards, all include a custom note. Gifting wine just got easier.
Corporate Gifting
Whether itโs for your team, clients, or partners, Vinaliaโs handpicked wine collections offer a personal and unforgettable way to say thank you. We offer white glove service to ensure that every detail is accounted for, and weโll streamline the whole process for you to make gift-giving simple.
Wine Tastings
At Vinalia, we believe every bottle tells a story, and our wine tastings bring those stories to life. Led by certified wine expertsโincluding our co-founders, Bryce Wiatrak (Master of Wine candidate) and Mary Collineau (WSET Diploma candidate)โour tastings are engaging, educational, and anything but boring.
Our Producers
We source wines from winemakers across the globe who honor their land, history, and traditions. Their passion, dedication, and expertise are evident in every bottle we offer. Explore their stories here and discover the unique grapes they cultivate, as well as the regions they call home.
Our Story
Our goal is to shed light on the people, regions, and traditions that make up the incredibly diverse world of wine today. For we believe that great wine can come from any grape, any region, and any one. Read Our Story here.
Our Recipes
Just as the world of wine is vast and diverse, so too is the culinary landscape, though many local delicacies remain unrepresented here in the US. Our recipes honor the culinary traditions of the regions we source from, highlighting dishes that complement our wines.
Our Journal
Planning a trip to Greece and want to learn about its top wine regions and grapes? Or are you looking to discover 10 new Italian grapes to try? Discover answers to these questions and more in Our Journal, our weekly blog dedicated to all things wine.
Cultivar Club
Vinalia's Exclusive Loyalty Program. Join the club and be rewarded with exclusive discounts, club member perks and more!
Why should we drink wines from indigenous grapes? Itโs a fair question to ask. We at Vinalia cherish a great Pinot Noir or Cabernet as much as the next wine lover. But the wine world has so much more to offer than just a few name brand grapes. There are 10,000 grape varieties identified, but 33 of them comprise 50% of the global vineyard area; 13 grapes compose one-third.
Those 9,967 other grape varieties afford newfound understanding of wineโs shared history, stretching continents and spanning over 8,000 years from the Neolithic Age to the present. Many of them are considered indigenous or native grape varietiesโgrape varieties grown and generally localized near their place of origin, often in smaller quantities. The past 150 years have been a tumultuous time for indigenous grapes, but now weโre beginning to witness their renaissance.
To appreciate the preservation of indigenous grape varieties, it is important to recognize how that diversity has been lost over the centuries. Before the mid-19th century, vineyards were generally planted in a much more chaotic fashion than what we observe today. The neatly manicured rows of vines planted to individual grape varieties are a fairly modern concept. Instead, for most of history vineyards were planted as field blends, meaning that a large smattering of different grape varieties were grown together in a single vineyard blockโoften whites intermixed with redsโand harvested in tandem. (Several wineries that continue to manage old field blend vineyards still donโt necessarily know the identities of each vine.) When a new vine was to be planted, the winegrower would simply bury an elongated cane of a neighboring vine. The tip of that cane would resurface as the trunk of a new vine, in a process called provignage.
As the 20th century progressed, and new vineyard areas were developed around the world, the global wine industry consolidated its focus around a small quorum of largely French grapes. Cabernet Sauvignon is particularly noteworthy. New or newly modernized wine regions around the world from Napa, California and Maipo, Chile to Ningxia, China and Lebanonโs Bekaa Valley would earn their salt by proving their ability to bottle premium examples of the variety. Global palates became accustomed to Cabernet and Merlot and Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc so much so that they became ubiquitous on the world wine stage.ย
Recent years has seen a shift back as new generations of winegrowers are rediscovering the value of their local indigenous grape varieties. Many of the challenges faced in the immediate aftermath of phylloxera are mitigated by modern vineyard practices. There are new approaches to vineyard disease and yield that renders the concerns of 19 th century winegrowers obsolete and demonstrate the commercial viability of a much larger sea of grapes. Forensic technologies were first applied to the wine industry in the 1990s and grapes that were long thought lost to history have now been genetically identified. Consumers, too, have followed with excitement in the discovery of new wines.
To drink wine from indigenous grape varieties is to drink history. These grapes offer a window into our winegrowing pastโa past that comprises millennia of winegrowing traditions. They are resilient, and today much research is devoted to the high potential of indigenous grape varieties in a changing climate. Several winegrowers and scientists alike believe that many of these grapes, coming from a wide range of geographies, are better adapted to climate change conditions than the most cultivated grapes.
We are privileged to live in a time where so many of these wines are available to taste once again, and for many on an international scale for the first time. But the preservation of these grapes and our enjoyment of them isnโt merely a matter of responsibility. The wines also unlock unique experiences with flavors and textures and expressions distinct from the vinous norm. What makes wines so exciting are the differences between themโthe ability to tell the story of a place and a moment in time. With indigenous grape varieties, those stories only become more vivid.
In a world where wine enthusiasts yearn for authenticity and innovation, indigenous grape varieties offer a compelling narrative rich with history and potential. As advancements in technology and climate resilience pave the way for their revival, we are invited to explore the diverse tapestry of flavors and stories that these unique wines embody. Embracing these grapes not only honors our winemaking heritage but also enriches our palates with remarkable experiences that connect us to the land and its legacy.
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