How did we get started? We found another partner close to home. David Lawrence, originally from Birmingham, was working in California for almost 20 years. He and his wife, Judy, own Orbis Winery. With David’s help, and over the course of a year, we tasted samples from wineries located throughout Napa and Sonoma.

The Wine Liberation Society was founded in 2005 by a veteran team of Birmingham wine enthusiasts and working stiffs. It is a custom crush negociant* project. We source fruit for our wines through our long-term relationships with three winemakers: Jeff Libarle in Healdsburg, Harry Parducci in Santa Rosa, and Laurent Montalieu in the Willamette Valley. By going direct to the negociant market in California, we utilize the same sources that the vast majority of wineries buy from everyday. This eliminates one of the tiers in the distribution process, thus providing exceptional quality and value for you, the customer.

 *A negociant is the French term for a wine merchant who assembles the production of smaller growers and winemakers and sells the result under its own label or name. (Wikipedia)