April 17, 2026
Frost candles staged at the bottom of the slope, just in case. Bud break on the Antão Vaz is right on time. Hot, dry continental Mediterranean.
2026 Vintage
Antão Vaz Branco
Alentejo, Portugal
About this Crew
Revealed on enrollment
Winemaker
Made on a small Alentejo estate — Antão Vaz on granite, schist and marble-veined clay. Anonymous by design: the trade name is revealed on commitment, after the samples and the data have done the talking.
The history.
Évora, Alentejo was a farming town long before it was a wine name. The family sold fruit to bigger houses for years before keeping it back and bottling under our own label.
What this vintage is showing so far.
“No big gaps between the early and late rows. Flowering went past without drama. The vines look after themselves on granite, schist and marble-veined clay.”
— the winemaker, updated this month
Philosophy.
Whole bunches when the stems are ripe, destemmed when they're not. Native ferment, long and slow. hot, dry continental mediterranean does most of the shaping — restraint does the rest.
The year ahead
Every shipment, every sample, every pick.
Real dates as they're known. Updated as the vintage progresses.
May 2026
Flowering update
Fruit set, first yield estimate.
August 2026
Verijuice ships
Pressed from green fruit, shipped to every member.
September 2026
Pick expected
Livestream from dawn. Date confirmed 48 hours ahead.
December 2026
Post-ferment sample
Your wine at its youngest, weeks after pressing.
March 2027
First barrel sample
A pull from the vessel where your wine lives.
May 2027
Blend trial
Vote on the final cuvée with the Crew.
August 2027
Bottling
Livestream from the bottling line.
October 2027
Wine arrives
Your bottles, allocated pro-rata to your vines.
May 2026
Flowering update
Fruit set, first yield estimate.
August 2026
Verijuice ships
Pressed from green fruit, shipped to every member.
September 2026
Pick expected
Livestream from dawn. Date confirmed 48 hours ahead.
December 2026
Post-ferment sample
Your wine at its youngest, weeks after pressing.
March 2027
First barrel sample
A pull from the vessel where your wine lives.
May 2027
Blend trial
Vote on the final cuvée with the Crew.
August 2027
Bottling
Livestream from the bottling line.
October 2027
Wine arrives
Your bottles, allocated pro-rata to your vines.
Meet the current Crew
25
members
17
cities
4
countries represented
5 yrs
average tenure in wine
No individual profiles — privacy matters inside the Crew. You'll meet each other once you're in.
How it's priced
By the vine.
The winemaker sets the price per vine. Buy as few as 5 — choose how many in the next step. Your bottles are allocated pro-rata to your vines.
Antão Vaz Branco
Priced by the vine · 5-vine minimum
$58 / vine
From $290 · 5 vines · USD
- A share of the lot, by the vine (5-vine minimum)
- Samples across the season: verijuice, post-ferment, barrel, finished wine
- A vote at every fork — pick date, oak, where the blend lands
- Your bottles at release, allocated pro-rata to your vines
- Livestream access to every moment
91 vines left
Pickup or ship
How your wine reaches you.
Swing by the tasting room when the next shipment is ready. Free. For everyone else, ship is the default and equally smooth.
Ship to my address
Standard carrier, adult signature required. Flat fee per shipment. You can switch the destination per shipment at any time.
Ships to: US
Choose at signup. Switch per shipment anytime.
Recent updates
From the rows.
April 1, 2026
No joke: the first shoots are up. We walked the property and flagged the gaps to replant — granite, schist and marble-veined clay here doesn't forgive a lazy season.
March 20, 2026
Crew chat went live this week. Already a debate about pick date versus hang time — exactly the argument I want you in on.
Join this Crew.
One year of your life, inside one vineyard's year. You'll follow the winemaker from bud break to bottle.