Rick, your Angel-funded winemaker, says:

• "This Chard comes from the Sarmento Vineyard in the middle of the famed Santa Lucia Highlands. Very cool vineyard site - makes for very slow ripening. It's a hillside vineyard full of heavy soil and high winds in the afternoon... perfect for ripening the grapes."
• And it's loaded with flavor. "Lemon, tangerine, nectarine, peach, apricot. Even tropical pineapple!"
• "You cannot beat Monterey Bay salmon with this Chardonnay – be sure to smoke it low and slow over oak wood on the grill. The richness from the fat of the fish with the body and acidity of the white is perfection!"

• This Champagne comes from Chardonnay, with a hint of Pinot Noir for color. The result is a robust, long-live bottle of sparkling with all the accolades and half the price.
• The price tag's higher than our average, but it's a sensational steal for the real Champagne deal.
• The first time we got hands on JP's rosé we ran out in less than a month! We doubled the order, but expect this to sell out fast.

• Portugal is producing some of the best value, great drinking drops of red in the market at the moment, and this little beauty from the cellars of one of our favorite winemakers Luis is no exception.
• It's a blend of several local varieties from Estremadura, which is how you get incredible complexity for such a low price. But it's the simply mindblowing juiciness of the black cherry and plum that assault the mouth like a battering ram that really stands out.
• Over 42,000 Angels watch this wine with hawk eyes. Don't miss your chance to grab a bottle or two - this is a fan favorite that vanishes fast!

• This fragrant beauty from Gerd Stepp is steeped in gorgeous, rounded fruits with a long and luxurious finish. Oooooh-so-drinkable!
• Gerd was able to harvest fruit in the same region as his parents' vineyards in Germany – in the Pflaz, an area known for its majestic Pinot Blanc.  If you're looking for a new favorite white and love wines like Pinot Grigio and Sauv Blanc, this will be your new go-to in no time.
• This nice and light white is perfect with a bit of grilled fish, griddled asparagus and a generous portion of buttery potatoes.

• Every wine Ben creates is a complete knockout, so we asked him to get his hands on some extra-special grapes to make this super-premium wine. If you're a fan of Mr. Darnault's wines, this is the Holy Grail.
• He's really outdone himself with this organically-grown red, packed with ripe, crushed dark berry fruits and a naughty slice of spice to round it off. Yum.
• Grab some slow-roasted pork (make sure the crackling is nice and crispy) a bit of rich mashed potatoes, and several bottles of this.

• Aged for 6 months in premium French oak, this powerful Malbec is full of lush dark fruit and a powerful dose of spice.
• The fruit comes from a vineyard in the rolling hills of Clements farmed by good friends of Karen, the Lange family. The vineyard has a long-standing record for producing outstanding wines year after year and this Malbec is off the chart!
• This is a carnivorous wine that just LOVES to be around meat. A rack of pork ribs slathered in a sweet, tangy BBQ sauce, a glass of this, and you're in heaven!

• Ben's put Minervois on the map with his winemaking, and this little beauty is proof he's a real wizard with his wines.
• This is one of the most popular French wines we've ever had on the site, thanks to its rich, ripe, berry flavors and its incredible smoothness.
• To get this kind of wine quality, you'd normally have to dive into some fancy Côtes du Rhône. And pay double while you're at it. But you fund Ben directly, so you get the same top-tier, toppling-with-flavor wine for far less.  

• Ben's put Minervois on the map with his winemaking, and this little beauty is proof he's a real wizard with his wines.
• This is one of the most popular French wines we've ever had on the site, thanks to its rich, ripe, berry flavors and its incredible smoothness.
• This a Grenache-based blend and the vines sit at the bottom of La Montagne Noire (Black Mountain), a site that has been growing Grenache for 2,000 years! Old vineyards like these are precious treasures that are tragically being ripped out all over France, but you let Ben keep this plot and produce this amazing wine.

• If you're looking for a crisp, dry, elegant Riesling, you've found a champion in Gerd's trophy-winning white. Your exclusive sipper medaled in the International Wine Challenge competition!

• Your funding gives him the chance to harvest fruit from the Pfalz region, a vast 56,000 acres of vineyards framed by forests and river plains, known for its hot, dry climate and well-nourished soil - the kind that makes Riesling sing with unbelievably pure flavor.

• Grab yourself a bottle and try it with a surplus of Thai takeout... the best kind of Friday night treat!

• Picpoul de Pinet is an incredibly rare grape native to one part of the south of France (Pinet, in fact). The special little grape is blessed with a natural crispness that makes it a perfectly refreshing hot weather wine.
• Ben uses his Angel funding to get exclusive parcels of grapes from his favorite viticulturist high up in the Mediterranean hillside, making an intensely fruity, refreshingly crisp white. The kind that's picked up trophies at the Sud de France Top 100!
• This is a quintessential refreshing seafood wine that will impress everybody at the table – doubly so if you can pronounce the fancy French name (hint: peek-pool de peen eh?)