What is Responsible Hedonist?

We started the application process for our alcohol license back in February thinking it would only take a couple of months, based on our in-depth research and conversations.  Turns out, that wasn’t quite the way things worked out.  Despite not owning a winery or planning to sell our wine through a physical tasting room, we…

Midwest native, Aotearoa NZ resident, stoat whisperer, and Responsible Hedonist’s mischief coordinator.

In our last video, we talked about how we’ve decided to export our wines into the USA and why that decision made sense from an environmental, financial, and long-term perspective. This video details the other factors that also went into our decision to make wine in 2022 vs. this year.  In short, we weren’t going…

Too often people make wine seem like an elite beverage reserved only for the privileged few. We started Responsible Hedonist to change that and reclaim the category for all. So come as you are, drink what you want, and feel free to ask us any wine questions you have – yes even *that* one! 

We were able to connect with several importers and distributors in the USA and picked their brains about exporting wine into the USA and the three-tier system*.   Originally, we planned on selling our wine Direct to Consumer, but that idea has evolved. Listen to why we’ve decided to export our wines instead and what…