Rare Wine

The Rare Wine Co is recognized as one of America’s premier wine merchants, in the dual roles of national importer and retailer. They represent more than thirty iconic producers exclusively for either California or the U.S. They also vigorously champion several dozen others whose wines and philosophy they deeply admire, and support their belief in them with an unparalleled library of wines dating back decades.

After an earlier career in government in Chicago and Boston, and a few years writing and teaching about wine, Mannie Berk couldn’t resist the call of a vast quantity of old Madeira he found in London in 1987. Two years later he founded The Rare Wine Co. Since that time, he has made RWC America’s finest non-auction source for older wines, including Madeira, of which he is considered the country’s leading authority.