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a creative beverage company ✨
wine + spirit | import + distro + consult
direct imports by @carnelia.wine @ambrosi.imports

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We’re comin for you @sidewalk.bottleshop.mia w the Big Pan ❤️‍🔥⚡️🤝

Thanks @kristen.penoyer for the timely posting of these nostalgic shots you got for @foodnetwork right before @chefjosh_elliott #BeatBobbyFlay (yeah he did 😉)

PAELLA PARTY THIS SATURDAY ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

#qpforever #qptapas #popup #again taken in North Miami, Florida by @honest.makers

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Wine runs through Max Brondolo’s family. His grandfather made wine in Piedmont, his father was a serious collector, and Max grew up with bottles always on the table. But he didn’t plan on becoming a winemaker. He built a career in business, though he spent his earnings on wine and developed a deep knowledge of it over the years.

At forty, Max and his wife Stefania left Milan for Modena’s countryside to raise their family. The move came with what Max thought was a downside: Modena meant Lambrusco, which to him meant cheap, industrial sparkling wine. Then he tasted wines from producers like Vittorio Graziano and Gianluca Bergianti and realized Modena had serious depth, in its sparkling wine tradition and its range of overlooked indigenous varieties.

In 2016, Max bought a young Lambrusco Grasparossa vineyard plus an adjacent sixty-year-old mixed plot where a massive walnut tree grew. That tree became the estate’s namesake: Podere Sottoilnoce. He studied with Gianluca Bergianti for four years, learning biodynamic farming and natural winemaking, before releasing his first vintage in 2017.

Today, the estate farms 6.5 hectares biodynamically within a 14-hectare property of vineyards, woods, and meadows. Max grows varieties most people haven’t heard of: Trebbiano Modenese, Trebbiano di Spagna, multiple Lambrusco types (Grasparossa, Sorbara, del Pellegrino), and Uva Tosca with its multicolored berries. taken in Castelvetro di Modena by @honest.makers

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Clear your schedules Saturday May 30th from 2-4pm & join us @webbscitycellar @greenbenchbrewing for an interactive wine tasting with Con-Greg of @delinquentewineco

Taste up to 4 wines from Riverland, Australia, grab a specialty hot dog from @offsetsandwichexchange and wash it down with a glass or bottle of your favorite Delinquente wine ✨

☀️ 🍷 🌭 💃 🌴 taken in Webb's City Cellar by Green Bench by @honest.makers

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delinquents hit st. pete ☠️

winemaker Con-Greg Grigoriou is in town from Australia & @smallbarstp is throwing a proper party w/ a @delinquentewineco takeover all night: handpicked wines & bizzaro spritz cans @ps40bar ✨ vinyl spun by @_fatherjames and @jdogmallis99

🪩 Friday May 29th
smallbar 📍2662 Central Ave, St. Pete

presented by Honest Makers Collective.
@honest.makers

🎨 by @m.a.u.studio by @honest.makers

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✨ THURSDAY MAY 28th ✨

Meet Con-Greg Grigoriou of @delinquentewineco - we will be pouring a large selection of his wines all night & cracking into some @bizzarroaperitivo spritz 🫧

Hosted by @honest.makers with our homies @sidewalk.bottleshop.mia - DL most excited for what they will be cooking up because anything from their kitchen is next level. Let’s have a ripper of an Aussie party!

🎨 @m.a.u.studio taken in Miami, Florida by @honest.makers

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🚨Wine maker alert!🚨 We've got @swickjoe in the house pouring his amazing wines! 🍷 Plus, @lunarossacucina's delicious pizza and tunes by @y.k.hamilton & @young_tone. All thanks to @honest.makers. A native Oregonian, Joe returned home in 2013, bringing his passion for showcasing Pacific Northwest's unique terroirs. He partners with organic growers, keeping it natural with minimal SO2 additions. Cheers to fresh, lively wines! taken in North Miami, Florida by @honest.makers

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This past September I was lucky enough to take some time off, do some camping, and visit a few wineries in Oregon. The first stop on my list was @swickjoe . I’ve been drinking Swick’s bottles since around 2018/2019 thanks to our friends over at @palacepubandwine

As I drove up the steep gravel driveway, I was surrounded by Pinot Noir plantings dating from 1976 to 1988, depending on the parcel. When I reached the top of the hill, Joe was already waiting with a full lineup of wines to taste. I was immediately charmed by the entire operation—just Joe, Maureen (his fellow winemaker), and her dog, Cowpie(slide 11). A two-person team that has been energizing natural wine drinkers since 2013.

If you’ve been to the Willamette Valley, you know the scene: rolling vineyard hills, state-of-the-art facilities, and an ongoing pursuit of “The Best American Burgundy.” And most of it is genuinely great. But Joe does things a little differently in Newberg, OR. Alongside Pinot Noir, Aligoté, and Cabernet, he works with varieties like Verdelho, Melon de Bourgogne, and Touriga Nacional. Though he uses the old Medici Winery facility—established in the 1970s—he sources most of his fruit from growers throughout the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Gorge in Washington.

Swick wines are full of life and character, with an old-world influence filtered through a distinctly new-world lens. My favorite over the last year has been his 2022 Willamette Valley “One Egg” Pinot Noir—a light and elegant Pinot aged for almost two years in a single 700-liter cement egg.

Thank you @honest.makers for making this possible.
 Joe will be here on the 27th from 6–9pm. There will be magnums. There will be a special menu. There will be good times and great wine. #MediciBoyz by @honest.makers

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This Friday October 3rd please join us @sidewalk.bottleshop to welcome @delinquentewineco to the Honest Maker’s Collective portfolio.

Delinquente Wine Co maker Con-Greg Grigoriou makes organically grown, honest, hand-made wines in Riverland, South Australia. With a focus on Southern Italian grape varieties the wines reflect the sun, red dirt and terroir of the region.

The moderate to low abv juice produces dimensional real wine, but they are always fun & ready to party. We will be popping six cuvées, munching on the delicious af @teds_burgers & pouring fizzy Bizzaro Spritz’s from the keg.

See yall Friday, lfg ✨

@hwb_usa
@ambrosi_imports
@daveywinesalot
@walternahuel_

🎨 by @m.a.u.studio @whoismaau taken in Sidewalk Bottle Shop by @honest.makers

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🇨🇳🍷🥡POP UP TOMORROW AT QUICKSAND! 🥡🍷🇨🇳

This is an exciting one for us. We have been obsessing over @chinawineclub and the work @camdenhauge has done with bringing awareness of Chinese wines to the States.

There will be 5 Chinese wines by the glass, food by yours truly, and some of the best women in this industry serving u all night 😘

This is all thanks to @honest.makers for distributing the wine in Florida, and @quicksandwine for hosting!

WHEN: TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH 5PM
WHERE: QUICKSAND, 1903 E COLONIAL DR
WHY: 🇨🇳 FOOD AND WINE humina humina humina boooiinnnggggg 👀 *eyes pop out* awooooooooga *jaw drops tongue rolls out* 👅💦 by @honest.makers

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