Wine Club

Board143 Wine Club
Available in three, six and twelve month durations.
 
Each month you'll receive 3 unique bottles hand selected by our staff from sustainable, family-owned vineyards from around the world with an emphasis on clean wine making. Each wine will come with a detailed description, tasting notes and cheese pairing recommendations.
 
Wine Club members you also enjoy 10% off all wine purchases.. anytime.
 
January Wine Club
 
 
Gaillacoise Petillant Naturel
Grape - 100% Mauzac
Origin - Gaillac, France
Producer -  Nathalie and Rémi Larroque
Farming - Sustainable 
 
Mary Taylor is the founder of Mary Taylor Wine, and she works with wine growers and producers making wines that, while reflecting their region and traditions, can be enjoyed every day. The front of each bottle highlights the name of the farmer or farmers who bottled the wine, who in this case are Nathalie and Rémi Larroque, who practice sustainable farming to cultivate indigenous grapes in Gaillac.The winery has been in Nathalie’s family since 1540, and the vines are planted on clay and limestone. The vineyards sit on a 360-degree hill, with the farmhouse at the top. The Gaillacoise pétillant naturel is made from 15- to 20-year-old vines of the native grape Mauzac, in the méthode ancestrale, an ancient method of making sparkling wine that relies on a single fermentation. For this wine, the fermentation begins in stainless steel, and the grape must is then bottled before it has fully fermented. As the natural yeasts of the grapes consume the remaining sugars, bubbles are produced and trapped in the bottle, creating a pétillant wine. The wine is bottled in November of the harvest year, completes fermentation and rests on the lees during winter, and is disgorged in the following March.Made in a crisp, light, dry style, the wine shows notes of yellow apple and pear, ripe stone fruit, and light floral notes. Easy to enjoy on its own, as an aperitif or pair it with a cheese plate or a range of light dishes, from salads to seafood.
 
 
Avalanche Red
Grapes - 100% Pinot Noir
Origin - Valais, Switzerland
Producer - Olivier Roten
Farming - Sustainable
 
In southwestern Switzerland, the Valais region lies within the heart of the Swiss Alps, not far from the French and Italian borders. The Valais is known for its dry, continental climate as well as the significant elevation of its mountain slopes, both of which make it a perfect environment for growing grapes. The Valais is the largest wine-producing region in Switzerland, although better known to outsiders for its snow, world-class ski resorts, and beautiful natural landscape. It is also aptly called “the Valley of the Sun” given its abundance of sunshine year-round. The vineyards of the Valais typically face south, and the dry autumn weather is ideal for maturing all types of grape varieties. The high elevation provides cold nights and large diurnal shifts that help to build solid acidity levels and give freshness and crispness to the wines.
The tradition of viticulture and winemaking in the Valais dates back many centuries and continues to remain a way of life for the Valaisans. Vineyards blanket the majority of hillsides surrounding the region’s towns, and many families own their own small plots that they cultivate each year. The Valais is known as some of the most fertile ground in Switzerland for growing all of its indigenous grapes as well as a number of international varieties, including Pinot Noir, which thrives in this terroir.
The Caves du Paradis winery and vineyards are located in the township of Sierre at the center of Switzerland’s Valais region. Winemaker Olivier Roten is the third generation in his family to produce wine in this mountainous area along the Rhone River. The Roten family’s vision has always been to preserve traditional grape varieties and to ensure that their wines reflect the unique alpine terroir in which they are grown.
Olivier Roten studied viticulture at a renowned agricultural school in Switzerland after completing a Political Science degree at the University of Fribourg. Knowing that he wanted to follow in footsteps of his father and grandfather as a wine grower and winemaker, he applied to the Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin (O.I.V.) to obtain a Master’s of Science degree in Wine Science and Management. Olivier completed the O.I.V. program, which included visits to more than 30 winemaking countries around the world, and then returned to the Valais to take over day-to-day operations at the Caves du Paradis alongside his father and their talented team. While implementing new techniques and approaches, Olivier remains true to the core family philosophy of using sustainable farming practices and intervening as little as possible in the winery to produce high-quality wines that express the unique terroir of this special corner of the Valais.
Pinot Noir is king in this part of the Valais known as the "Coteaux de Sierre". It loves the rich limestone and active chalk soils that allow it to express itself in the best way. It has become known as one of the best expressions of a red wine produced in the Valais region. Grown in the high elevation slopes, the Avalanche Pinot Noir is cristalline with balance, finesse and clarity, just like a day spent amongst snowcapped peaks. It can be described as elegant, classy and well structured.
 
 
Infinite Air Castles
Grapes - Gamay 58%, Dolcetto 42%
Origin - Willamette, Oregon
Producer - Brianne Day
Farming - Sustainable
 
As you must know, we are huge Brianne Day fans here at Board143! Each spring kicks off with a huge shipment of Day Wine's Lemonade and it flies off our shelves and we are typically sold out by summer. From starting her own winery and releasing the first vintage of Day Wines in 2012, Brianne Day continues to produce a wide array of artisanal bottlings made from fruit sourced exclusively from a small group of Oregon growers who utilize Biodynamic, Organic, and/or Sustainable vineyard practices. We decided to kick off the new year with this gem, Infinite Air Castles and we know you will not be disappointed.
With a strictly religious upbringing as a Jehovas Witness that discouraged her artistic leanings, Brianne Day was on track for a career in the church. Then she landed in northern Italy on a youth mission trip and encountered wine. Her inevitable epiphany? She was destined to leave the church and spread a different sort of gospel.  Brianne began working harvests around the world, devoting herself entirely to the study of the grape.
In 2006 Brianne Day sold everything she owned and began traveling through wine regions all over the world. Over the following eight years she visited around 80 different regions, working at wineries in Burgundy, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand. During this time, she re-established her home base in Oregon and worked at a number of wineries including The Eyrie Vineyards and Brooks.
From starting her own winery and releasing the first vintage of Day Wines in 2012, Brianne Day continues to produce a wide array of artisanal bottlings made from fruit sourced exclusively from a small group of Oregon growers who utilize Biodynamic, Organic, and/or Sustainable vineyard practices.