April 2 – Phillips Wine & Spirits

Hosted by Noah Clock, Sales Consultant, Phillips Wine & Spirits

Phillips is a Minnesota company and falls under the Johnson Brothers Liquor Co. umbrella.
Noah is from Michigan and moved to Duluth in the fall of 2020. He has been in the wine/liquor business for 5 years and recently became WSET 2 certified.
Wines to sample:
Fleur du Cap Chardonnay
Castello di Albola Chianti Classico

May 7 – Rootstock Wine Company
Emma Buis, Sales
Rootstock Wine Company
Rootstock Wine Company is a team of passionate wine lovers. We curate a collection of wineschosen carefully for their balance, typicity, and overall quality. Rootstock’s elite sales staff provides exceptional service to a select group of customers who likewise believe that wine is an integral part of a life lived well. Rootstock’s ethos comes from the European classical tradition of “winegrowing” as opposed to “winemaking”: an organic process, rather than a manipulative one. The name Rootstock invokes this idea. The rooted part of the vine connects directly with the essential minerals, nutrients, and water that give life to the vine, just as our team is rooted to the core belief that a wine must speak of some place, some piece of land, and that place is precisely where those grapes give greatest expression to their potential. The winegrower thus
tends to the vineyard, harvests the fruits of his or her labor, and in the cellar, keeps things clean and gets out of the way, intervening as little as possible to find a true expression of terroir.
Wines to sample:
Monte Zovo Chiaretto Rose
Les Maselles Sauvignon Blanc
A Posto Barbera
Pinuaga Tempranillo Nature