Scout & Cellar

I've been a headache sufferer since I was 13 years old. I can remember the first time I got a Migraine...it lasted 2 days, and I had to go to the Emergency Room for a shot of morphine to end it.

Fast forward 25+ years, and I still suffer from Migraines. They are brought on by a variety of triggers, including alcohol. So, when I recently learned about Scout &Cellar, I did a little happy dance.

Scout &Cellar was started by sommelier and migraine sufferer, Sarah Shadonix. Ironically, it started while she was studying to become a sommelier. What started as a glass of wine to accompany long nights of cramming would eventually materialize into an unbearable headache the next day. Sarah knew something was off. A single glass shouldn’t lead to pain of this magnitude. So she began doing some research of her own. She spoke with renowned naturopathic physicians, and she consulted with vintners. Eventually, she discovered the source of these headaches: the up-to 300 chemical additives imbued in almost all mass-produced wine. Yeah. 300. Crazy, right?

This is where the fun began. Once Sarah stumbled upon the truth about mass-produced wine, she promised to discover and deliver a cleaner, healthier, better option. “Chemicals belong in a swimming pool,” she’d say. “Wine should be as natural as possible.”

Scout &Cellar delivers clean-crafted wine,  "wines that are grown naturally—without the use of synthetic pesticides—and bottled consciously—without added sugars or non-organic chemicals to modify texture, flavor, color or aroma. The result is natural and delicious wine that won't give you a migraine!

You can shop by the bottle or join as a member and receive a curated collection of wines.

Drinking wine is like playing Russian Roulette for me these days....I never know when the wine might give me a headache, so I am really excited to try the wines from Scout & Cellar. 

I also really like their mission to make the product as natural as possible. It's a lot like Beautycounter, but drinkable! ;)