Es Tu Brutal!!!

If you don’t know the story behind the coveted Brutal!!!, don’t worry. You’re in good company. Even the most ardent natural wine collector and modern Instagram wine gurus or carbo-slinging sommeliers couldn’t accurately explain its origin.

Trevor Kellogg, who presides over the Lower East Side’s Discovery Wines and often stocks what he can get, told me most people are misinformed, “I’d say one of the most common misconceptions from new customers is that Brutal is a producer—‘I love his wines!’”