Our own labels
Seven names we put on bottles ourselves. Each one is a wine or a spirit made with a producer we have worked with for years, chosen or blended by the buyer for that region, and sold only at K&L — at a price the producer’s own name would never allow.
Wines our buyers believe are the truest expressions of their region or vintage — a classified-growth Pauillac, a Monforte Barolo, a Gigondas from a cellar we have bought from for decades — bottled under our label because the producer cannot sell them at this price under its own. Fifteen so far, from Bordeaux and the Rhône to Piedmont, Tuscany and Abruzzo, each with a page and the buyer’s notes, plus three masterclasses.
Our California label: wines from some of the state’s best-known estates, made with the winemaking team and bottled without the name, so that an $80 Pinot Noir can be $21.95 and a $120 Napa Cabernet $49.95. Ryan Woodhouse walks the vineyards, picks the barrels and builds each blend.
Rendez-Vous grew out of the search for Discovery wines: bottles Keith kept meeting that did not fit that mould but offered the same quality and value — the ones that become staples of a weeknight rotation. Each is built with a producer we have worked with for years, by blind-tasting through lots until the blend is right; the first, a Côtes du Rhône Villages, was assembled at the table with Dauvergne et Ranvier in the southern Rhône. All three are $12.99 at the time of writing (October 2026).
Rendez-Vous is meant to be exceptional quality at an everyday price. One of our goals with this label is to redefine what a daily-drinking wine can be by leveraging the long-standing relationships we’ve built with outstanding growers to deliver remarkable value without compromise.
Named for the year K&L opened, Maison 76 is grand cru Champagne bought in volume from growers Gary has worked with for years and sold at a price those villages never otherwise reach. The first, a Blanc de Blancs from Avize in the Côte des Blancs, is made by Olivier Bonville at Franck Bonville — all Chardonnay, 60 per cent reserve wines, three years on the lees, dosed at just 5.8 grams. Two Montagne de Reims grands crus, Bouzy and Verzy, have followed.
Grand Cru, especially Côte des Blancs Chardonnay Grand Cru, is hardly ever spoken about as a bargain, but this is an exception. It has always been my dream to supply the Champagne lover with top-notch wines that can be bought by the case and consumed, and this is one of the bottlings that has made it come true.
“Under the fog”: the nebbia that settles over the Langhe in late October, when Nebbiolo is finally picked, and gave the grape its name. Orazio created the label to put an honest, unmanipulated glass of Nebbiolo on the table for under $20. The fruit comes from Monforte d’Alba, inside the Barolo appellation, on the compact sandstone-laced marls that give the commune its grip, and the wine is raised like a Barolo in miniature — twelve months in wood, three more in bottle before release.
The newest name in the family: a Prosecco under our own label, at $12.99. Details to follow as it lands.
Faultline is K&L’s own spirits label, created nearly fifteen years ago on a simple premise: if we put our name on a bottle, the liquid inside has to be something we would choose ourselves. Alongside it sit the single casks and house batches David Othenin-Girard picks in Scotland, Cognac, Armagnac and Kentucky, bottled for K&L alone.
