07/29/2026
It's rosé season out there, and we've got plenty of it in-house. But our glass pour of mazcazw**es deserves special attention. A beautiful blend of Grenache and Syrah, with just 6 hours of skin contact, this light, coral w**e is full of ripe summer strawberry, guava, and bright citrus, making a refreshing, crisp rosé that’s perfect for summer but a delight year-round.
What makes this w**e so important to us, beyond its obvious charms of delicious perfection, is the w**emaker who produces it, Michele D'Aprix. A fixture in our local community, Michele is the only American Female W**emaker in Bordeaux, France. When not in France crafting her w**es, though, Michele keeps a residence in Camden, which also serves as her import license address. Michele’s w**es are the only you’ll ever see with Camden, Maine on the back label.
She found her way to w**e a bit unexpectedly. As an undergraduate, she studied organic chemistry, but with no real vision of where that might take her, she took a summer job at Dry Creek Vineyard in Sonoma County. The rest, as they say, is history with a generous dose of tenacity, hard work, talent and determination. She has worked in vineyards from California to Spain, but France is where her career has settled. She serves as the w**emaker at Manoir du Gravoux, working hand-in-hand with the Emile family, in Castillon, a classic appellation on the Right Bank of Bordeaux.
Maz Caz, named after her nephew Caz, grew out of a desire to step beyond the structure of Bordeaux and expand into the Southern Rhône. Produced as a single estate in Costières de Nîmes, the first Regenerative Organic W**e Estate in the France, the Maz Caz w**es embody the proximity to the Mediterranean, lending a fresh and playful character.
Michele will be leaving for France shortly, for another year of harvest, but she can often be found at The W**e Seller in Rockland with her partner Matt, a w**e aficionado in his own right, who manages the selection there. We’re proud to support Michele, so stop by for a glass this week, or peek at our bottle list to see her range of styles.
Thank you Aaron Snow and Maine Famous for the beautiful photograph!