Le Machin

Le Machin, which translates roughly from French as "the thing" or "the whatsit," captures the mischievous spirit behind this Santa Barbara County project from Mike Roth and Craig Winchester of Lo-Fi Wines. The name is fitting: this is wine that resists easy categorization, grown organically, made with indigenous yeasts, and bottled with as little intervention as the vintage allows.

Mike Roth and Craig Winchester have known each other since their teenage years. They launched Lo-Fi Wines in 2012, with commercial releases beginning around 2014, while Roth was simultaneously working as winemaker at Coquelicot Estate in Los Olivos. Le Machin emerged as a distinct label focused on CCOF-certified organic fruit, allowing Roth to work with parcels and grapes that expressed the particular character of the Santa Rita Hills and Santa Barbara County more broadly.

More on how they farm and work in the cellar in our Le Machin producer profile.

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We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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Signature on delivery is mandatory for wine deliveries. Please make sure someone is at the shipping address to sign for the package.

If applicable, please consider delivering the package to a business address to ensure someone is available to sign for the package.

We also have the option of delivering the package to a Carrier's store for pickup. Please reach out to us to coordinate.

Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

1) Reship the package right away: due to the very high cost of shipping and returns, we must charge a re-shipping fee to be determined based on package size and shipping destination.

2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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