Botanist & Barrel is the South’s only natural cidery — and first producer of Petillant Natural ciders — in the Southeastern United States, focused on spontaneous and wild cultures. Botanist & Barrel crafts real Southern ciders, fruited sours, and wines, by way of light-handed winemaking that intertwines old-world methods with modern sensibilities. Ciders are crafted with local, sustainable, and organic fruits, including blueberries, traditional Southern heirloom cider apples, and more, from their organic estate farm. Botanist & Barrel is an active, living beverage due to its unfiltered, unpasteurized nature, containing little to no residual sugar — making it a healthier lifestyle choice. The winery supports local farmers using only sustainably and organically-sourced fruits, including blueberries, apples, and more, from our organic estate farm. Ciders and wines are raw, wild, unrefined, unfiltered, and unpasteurized, allowing customers to feel good about what they’re drinking.

Founded in 2022, Common Wealth Crush Co. is the first winemaking operation of its kind in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Built with small producers in mind, we are custom crush meets business incubator meets thinktank cooperative.

As small producers ourselves, we founded CWC to help grow the next generation of fellow Virginia winemakers, bringing these minds together under one roof where collaboration and creativity can flow. Leveraging strength in numbers and community, we strive to generate “common wealth” for all the makers in our ecosystem.

We are passionate about the winegrowing potential of our region, and believe sustained momentum requires a thoughtful and honest approach to winemaking. We aim to use each vintage to convey the time and place our grapes are grown, while seeking out fellow makers who share this philosophy.

Free Run is a regional importer and distributor specializing in authentic, responsibly-grown and artisan-crafted wines. Founded in 2008, Free Run’s thoughtfully expanding portfolio includes sherry, spirits, cider and more with an emphasis on organic, sustainable, biodynamic, and minimal intervention production.

We’re dedicated to supporting the historical, independent, and family artisans who enrich our experience and better our lives. Free Run partners with independent restaurants and retailers throughout the mid-Atlantic to preserve and celebrate real cultural value in the world of wine and beyond.

Based in Richmond, Native Selections distributes  naturally-made wines to retailers and restaurants in Virginia and Washington DC.  We work with small, family farms and other importers to source wines made in a “natural” way, that is, with grapes farmed via organic/biodynamic methods, fermentations with wild/native yeasts, and made without any additives such as sugar, acid, color, or commercial yeasts, while the use of sulfites is minimized or entirely avoided.  The wines are typically unfined and unfiltered.  Our wines are lively, interesting, and have a distinct sense of place!

Native Selections was established in 2015 by Shawn Eubank. We operate out of a temperature controlled warehouse in Richmond and proudly service customers throughout Virginia and Washington DC.  

Led by the brilliant due of Patrick and Danielle out of Charlottesville Virginia, Patois explores ecological equilibrium through untended apple trees, examining how microorganisms transform fruit. Working manually and creatively in a small scale cellar, the aim is to showcase the beauty of undervalued Virginia fruit to produce enjoyable and complex wines with the upmost intention and care.

Plant Wines distributes and imports wines that we love to drink. Whether it’s a traditionally made Barolo, or a natural wine made from an obscure varietal in Styria, we strive to bring you a product that’s unique, delicious, and that best reflects the terroir from which it hails. That said, we choose to work solely with small estates, vignerons, and importers that believe the best wines come from healthy grapes, grown without the use of synthetic pesticides or herbicides, fermented naturally, and carefully raised in the cellar without additives of any kind.

Our wines come from a diverse group of artisans with a deep connection to their land, history, and culture, which shine through each and every bottle of wine they produce. We consider ourselves extremely fortunate to call many of these people our friends and to be able to share the fruits of their labor with you. They, along with our valued customers, are the reason why we do what we do.

One of the greatest joys for me in this business is getting to know people from all walks of life. Whether you’re a customer, a winemaker, or importer, we want to hear your story and we want to share our stories with you. It’s through wine that I have been so lucky to forge many meaningful relationships. My partners (Jenny & Francois and David Bowler) emerged from past relationships, and it’s truly been an honor to be able to collaborate with them on Plant Wines.

Everyone involved in helping to make Plant Wines are not just partners and customers, they are friends and family. We deeply care about everyone we work with, and those who share our passion for natural and delicious wine!

Spinning Wheel Wines is a negoc (for now!) project based in the Mid Atlantic
exploring the tapestry of grapes and pomme fruit the region has to offer.

Since 2011, Terraneo Merchants have been importing artisan wines crafted by real people, from some of the most compelling regions in Europe. Wine produced at an industrial scale lacks authenticity and character, and often includes a list of preservatives and additives. That’s why we import authentic, handmade, small production wines. Terraneo wines are always hand harvested, dry-farmed, organic or biodynamic farmed and vegan. Minimal intervention in vineyard and cellar result in memorable wines worth drinking, because life is too short to drink boring wine.

Williams Corner is an importer and distributor of wine and other fermented & distilled beverages based in Charlottesville, Virginia who knows that wine is an agriculture product. We specialize in wines made by dedicated and passionate craftspeople working in an environmentally conscious manner.

We acknowledge that grape growing has been one of the most chemically intensive agricultural sectors since the widespread adoption of synthetic pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides in the second half of the 20th Century. We choose to work with growers and winemakers who recognize the unsustainability of intensive industrial monoculture and who, as a result, have decided to take a different approach to farming. 

These approaches are as varied as the number of winemakers in the Williams Corner portfolio. What these artisans tend to have in common is a commitment to land preservation and renewal.  This philosophy of agrarian stewardship usually informs the winemaking process as well. It tends not to be proscriptive or dogmatic, but rather sensible, intentional, and holistic. 

The goal for many of these folks is to make exceptional wines of great character in a way that aligns with their views on the natural world. The results often provide insight into distinctive geographic locations, grape varieties, and/or specific processing techniques. They are also meant to provide pleasure, a feature of wine consumption we vigorously promote and defend here at Williams Corner.