Step one: Start winery. Step two: Become wildly successful immediately. That was the simple business plan for Kim Crawford Wines. They executed it perfectly. The winery started in 1996 as an at-home business near Auckland, New Zealand. Less than five years later, their aromatic wines were winning awards and popping up in stores across the United States. Oh, they also moved into a fancy winery and started buying vineyards. From the beginning, they've strived to produce vibrant, fruit-driven wines that put a spotlight on the natural flavors of their grapes. And since, at this very moment, your corkscrew is not where you think it is, they helped kick-start the screw-cap revolution you love so much.

Of course, thanks this move, the winemaker also owns vineyards all along the coast of New Zealand. Today, they produce top-ranked bottles from grapes grown all across the nation.

Both their reds and whites will strike your palate with boldness and won't ever let you forget them.