The Sans Wine Company caught people’s attention at our First Annual Natural Wine Extravanganza because owners Jake Stover and Gina Schober make fresh, vibrant and approachable “wines of place”. Based in Napa, Sans Wine Co. sources top Napa and Mendocino grapes from organically farmed vineyards and environmentally conscience growers in order to craft natural wines.  Jake, a Kansas native, is excited to be back in Kansas City.

Jerez de la Frontera is known as the city of flamenco, motorcycles, horses, and SHERRY. Join us on Wednesday, July 24th for our first outdoor WITH LOVE party. Lustau sherries will be featured, along with live music, and cuisine inspired by this magical region in southern Spain.

In 1979 Scott developed an ambitious winery plan for the Santino family. As Winemaker and General Manager of Santino Winery, Scott is credited with placing Amador County firmly on the California wine map.

Purchased by Michael Polenske in 2003, Blackbird Vineyards (a former walnut orchard first planted with 5,717 Merlot vines in 1997) is now an ultra premium label in its own right. Fittingly, the word 'Merlot' is French patois for 'little blackbird.'

For our Spring WITH LOVE dinner, we celebrate the marvelous Gascony region of southwest France, home to the lovely vineyards of Armagnac - France’s rare centuries-old brandy dating back to the late-13th century.