In conversation... Elle Rodriguez X Megan Bell

08 Jun 2022

2 min read

with

Elle Rodriguez (@themodernpour) The Modern Pour

Megan Bell (Margins Wine) Grower & Maker

Description

Join a conversation between Elle Rodriguez and one of her favourite producers - Megan Bell of Margins Wine. Elle is a blogger at The Modern Pour, posting about wine, coffee and drinks. Margins Wine is a small winemaking project of Megan Bell, a winemaker living and working in the Santa Cruz Mountains, producing low-intervention wines using grapes from underrepresented regions, vineyards, and varietals.

Elle Rodriguez (@themodernpour)

The Modern Pour

Elle Rodriguez is a Los Angeles based wine lover. She prefers to call herself a wine disrupter opposed to a wine influencer. Elle started her page @themodernpour to encourage her fellow Latinos to learn about wine. Elle is a cohost on the successful podcast ‘The Babes+ Booze Podcast’ with Chelsie Petras. She has been featured in Forbes, HuffPost, Voyage LA, spoken at numerous events including SOMM CON and has been a guest on numerous podcasts. Her partnerships range from Laurent Perrier, Champagne Henriot, Empathy Wines to Wines of Germany.

Megan Bell (Margins Wine)

Grower & Maker

Margins Wine produces low-intervention wines using grapes from underrepresented regions, vineyards, and varietals. We are part of the growing movement in California to make wines from sustainably farmed vineyards using little to no additives during the winemaking process, thereby showcasing the vineyards the grapes came from. Much like people living on the ‘margins of society,’ vineyards can be outcasts too. Most consumers of wine are only familiar with a handful of grapegrowing regions and types of wine. Margins draws attention to vineyards and varietals throughout northern and central California that find themselves on the margins without the recognition they deserve. Margins Wine is a small winemaking project of Megan Bell, a winemaker living and working in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Prior to settling on the central coast of California, Megan received her BS in Viticulture and Enology from UC Davis and apprenticed in wineries and vineyards in Napa, Livermore, the Willamette Valley, Central Otago, and the Loire.