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MAQ 8 is the newest line of mini powered by 🌾 Crafted with organic rice and using innovative brewing techniques, is light, refreshing, and perfectly balanced with just the right hint of sweetness and fizz. Its compact cans and cute design make it perfect for enjoying authentic makgeolli on the go. 🌾 Hana Makgeolli is a Brooklyn based producer of artisanal Korean rice wines founded by brewer Alice Jun. By using only organic rice and traditional brewing methodologies, she crafts a range of rice based fermented beverages with complex flavors that showcase the rich depth of Korea’s sool tradition. The rice is certified organic and exclusively sourced from a family farm in California. Hana Makgeolli does not produce with additives of any kind.

Excited to welcome back to Washington state via the wines of 🏔️ Born and raised in the Savoie, Jean-Yves Péron studied winemaking in Bordeaux in the late 90’s. After school he spent some time working for in Cornas and later with in Alsace, both of whom he considers his mentors🇫🇷 In 2004 he returned to the Savoie and began making his own wine in the village of Chevaline on schist-covered sloping vineyards running anywhere between 350 and 550 meters. In some ways working vineyards at these altitudes in the Alps, on slopes this steep is more like mountain climbing than winemaking, but Jean-Yves believes that the opportunity to work with vines over 100 years old on this ancient terroir is more than worth it.🇫🇷 While Jean-Yves works organically and biodynamically but doesn’t see the need for any certification, preferring to let the wine speak for itself. The estate is divided into several micro-parcels containing Mondeuse, Jacquère, Altesse, and Roussanne. 🇫🇷 The reds tend to be made carbonically and some of the whites see extended maceration times, influenced by the Jean-Yves’ love for Northern Italian “orange” wines. In the next few years, he hopes to plant two more hectares of vines featuring some forgotten local varietals and also make more apple cider. 🍐 He has now started a little négoce project to extend his production and make pear cider as well.