This Friday night, I'll be hosting This Twitter Taste Live for the first time, featuring the wines from Humanitas Wines. Owner-winemaker Judd Wallenbrock is someone I've known for years via email and this blog, and I really love what he's doing with this project. He makes small batches of wines (literally in his garage) and donates all of the profits to charity. All. Of. The. Profits. As we head into the holiday season, how can you not love the idea of a winery doing something like that? This Drink Charitably edition of Twitter Taste live is a joint venture between…
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Drink Charitably: Twitter Taste Live w/ Humanitas Wines (November 21)
Twitter Taste Live is surely one of the most exciting things going on in the online wine world today… and I'm thrilled to be hosting for the first time on November 21 at 8 p.m. What was once a monthly event has grown to the point that I can barely keep up with all of the TTL goings on, but I'm really excited to tell you about the one I'm hosting later this month. I know what you're all thinking: "Which New York winery has Lenn worked with on this?" Well, this time around anyway, the answer is "None of…
Humanitas Wines: Good Wine. Good Price. Even Better Cause.
News Flash: I’ve found some California wines I can enjoy, afford for every day drinking, and feel good about. Humanitas Wines, founded in 2001 by Judd Wallenbrock, is a California winery unlike any you’ve heard of before. Seriously. Many wineries are involved in philanthropic endeavors. They host fundraising events or give a portion of wine sales proceeds to various causes, but Wallenbrock takes that to a whole other level. All of his profits go to charity. Every cent. Specifically, the profits are donated to address three primary issues – hunger, affordable housing, and illiteracy. A two decade veteran of the…