ABOUT: THE CURRENT“Everything here
begins with truth.”
“Everything here
begins with truth.”
If you've ever built something from nothing - or wanted to - you'll find something of yourself in what we've created here. This is the story of 17 Poets.
A LETTER IN A BOTTLE
Todd Newman didn't inherit a winery. He built one — starting as a waiter, learning the craft from the floor up, founding Dakota Shy Wine, and earning his place in Napa through passion and perseverance.
17 Poets is what came next. And it is the most personal thing he has ever made.
The number isn't arbitrary. When Todd releases the 17th vintage, his daughter will be graduating high school. Every bottle between now and then is a chapter. Every vintage, a letter written to her — drawn from the poets, philosophers, and hard truths that shaped him, and shared with every person who uncorks a bottle.
This is not wine built on pretense. It is wine built on a life actually lived, and extended to everyone who finds themselves in it.
Written first for her,
Shared with everyone.
Each year, Todd releases a letter. Part vintage note, part philosophy, part truth.
Written first for her,
Shared with everyone.
BOTH EDGE AND ELEGANCE
The path shapes the person. The person shapes the wine.
17 Poets reflects the dualities most of us know intimately — hardship and triumph, humility and ambition, who we were and who we're becoming. The design carries it. The wine carries it. Nothing here is accidental.
Every vintage is a letter she'll one day read in full. Every bottle you open is part of that correspondence.
FLIP THE SWITCH
Every unseen choice finds its way in — into the story, into the wine, into every bottle we release.
Luxury is not a birthright. It is built — in the dark, under pressure, through the choices no one sees.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE POUR
Three individuals.
One belief — that what's in the bottle should outlast the pour.
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17 Poets exists to illuminate life's chapters through wine. Each release is a lesson and a legacy — a spark that connects your story to ours, and a current of resilience you can taste.
Location:
2144 Las Amigas rd, Napa, CA 94559
Phone:
707.225.5131