In their sixth collaboration, Proxies teamed up with winemakers Kate Norris and Thomas Monroe of Division Winemaking Company in Portland, Oregon to make Cluster. Like Division's wines, Cluster-- a wine maker's term for both bunches of grapes and collections of flavor notes-- is an assemblage of flavor and texture that's more than the sumer of its parts. Bright and bubbly, rich and tart, itter, spicy and savory-- the best of the bunch. 

Proxies and Division Winemaking Company share a pioneering spirit, bucking trends and breaking rules in favor of flavor. When they came together to work on a blend, the ideas flowed like glou glou—a Chenin-esque white, Oregonian icons Pinot and Chard, and a unique Perry the Division team crafted but once—from wine grapes and pears when Mother Nature delivered two harvests simultaneously—that was neither wine nor cider. Cluster, too, defies definition, but does not disappoint.

About Kate and Thomas

Changemakers and tastemakers Kate and Tom are part of the new guard of the modern American wine canon. While they learned the ancient art of oenology on Kate’s family’s vineyard in the Loire, France, they’ve eschewed many old world constraints. Their philosophy is simple: drink good things with good people. 

This extends to non-alcoholic drinks too. Kate and Tom believe non-alc will form the basis of inclusivity and help shape the future of drinking. Of course, we wholeheartedly agree.

Cluster’s complexity makes it a dream to pair. With fruit, spice and acidity all-but jumping out the glass, this blend is built to match with all the juicy sweetness and fiery spice of summer’s ripest bounty. Whatever you choose to cook, if you throw it on the grill for a hint of char, you’ll be singing all the way to the table.

Enjoy with tuna tataki, carne asada or a grilled peach and Comté salad, preferably vineyard adjacent at a post-harvest barbecue.

Ingredients: Water, Chardonnay Grape Juice, Verjus, Rhubarb Juice, Apple Concentrate, Apricot Concentrate, Ginger Juice, Vegetable Glycerin, Bamboo Tea, Honeybush Tea, Malic Acid, Fennel Pollen Extract, Sea Salt, Rosemary Extract, Artichoke Leaf, Potassium Sorbate. Contains Sulfites. Contains 29% Juice

Serving Size: 5 fl oz (150mL)
25 Calories per Serving
Sodium 85mg
Carbs 6g
Sugars 5g