Everything about this winemaker, the wines, the names, descriptions, and advertisements creeps me out. This San Francisco based winemaker, Brandon Allen is trying to make this sound acceptable and humorous when everything about it screams… "this is sick."

https://www.laduenews.com/arts-and-culture/columns/the-wine-life-what-i-am-drinking-now/article_a7ffa7ce-1b77-5411-b415-b9883499178b.html

2018 SLO DOWN WINES “SEND NUDES”

PINOT NOIR ROSÉ – SONOMA COAST, CALIFORNIA

Winemaker: Brandon Allen

“…Slo Down Wines began its journey into the wide, wide world of wine a decade or so ago with 73 cases of a zinfandel, syrah and merlot blend called Sexual Chocolate.

In the years since, this boutique winery has added four more wines: Broken Dreams chardonnay, Stand Out Bordeaux blend (usually containing about 1 percent magic, as the label dictates), Love Hammer cabernet sauvignon and the newest addition to the family, Send Nudes pinot noir rosé. Slo Down Wines carefully sources its fruit, buying mostly from producers in California’s Napa Valley and Sonoma…”

Website: slodownwines.com

SLO Down Wines started with 93 cases and a dream. Almost a decade later, we’re still shaking things up and blurring the line between what is and isn’t socially acceptable. We couldn’t do this without people like you who are tired of the same old wine scene and just want to drink for the pleasure of it, so to them we say: How are you sober enough to read this? If you really want to find out what SLO Down is all about, watch our video that in no way has some disturbing parts.

https://sanfranpsycho.com/blog/a-conversation-with-brandon-allen-of-slo-down-wines/

A Conversation with Brandon Allen of SLO Down Wines

“…SLO Down Wines, based out of San Francisco, is taking the wine scene by storm with "sensually arousing", "sophisticated and simply delicious" blended reds, and chardonnay with a "junk in the trunk finish." Beyond their quip marketing campaigns, their wine is actually quite delicious, which is particularly surprising seeing as SLO Down Wines founder Brandon Allen—who totes an endearing curly mustache—got started making wine in his freshman year door room at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. I met Brandon at Vinyl, the coffee and wine bar nestled on the corner of Oak and Divisadero, to talk about DIY winemaking, San Francisco's evolving wine scene, and Brandon's ass…”

https://youtu.be/9JwAKSjlPsM