Press & Recognition
Award: Best of The Acorn 2025 “Winner”
We were named “Winner” Best Place for Wine in the Simi Valley/Moorpark areas. Thank you so much for your continued support and love for NOTDW!
Award: LA Daily News Readers Favorite Choice
Another fantastic accolade thanks to all of your votes and your ongoing support of our passion for wine and love for rescue dogs!
Award: Best of The Acorn 2024 “Reader Recommended”
We were named “Reader Recommended” Best Place for Wine in the Simi Valley/Moorpark areas. We are proud to serve this community and look forward to many, many more years of pouring our award-winning wines for you! Cheers!
Award: Ventura County Fair Gold Coast Wine Competition
Our 2023 Viognier took home the first ever “Best of White Wine” award from this inaugural wine competition hosted by the Ventura County Fair.
AWARD: OC Fair Commercial Wine Competition
We entered our new wines in the 2024 OC County Fair Wine competition and the judges have all agreed that our 2023 “3 Dogs White” Viognier is DOUBLE GOLD WINNER!!
Other award winning wines include: 2022 “CCF” Cab/ Cab Franc Blend - SILVER 2022 “OG3” Cabernet Franc - SILVER 2022 Oaked Chardonnay - SILVER 2022 Sauvignon Blanc - BRONZE
Featured: Ventura BLVD
Ventura Blvd magazine invited us to this beautiful event at Rolling Greens in Studio City. If you haven’t been, you need to check it out! We met wonderful people and sampled delicious bites and tasty ice cream. What a fun time! Where we find wine lovers, there are always dog lovers - thank you to everyone who enjoyed our wine.
Feature: Bold Journey
Here’s a great opportunity for anyone just joining our journey to learn more about Melanie Garibay, Owner & Founder of Nectar of the Dogs Wine.
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Feature: Edible Ojai & Ventura County
Our friends at Edible shared the news of our tasting room in their latest issue. Ours and other fabulous local businesses are featured.
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Feature: Ventura County Star
Thank you to Ventura County Star for highlighting our tasting room opening! We can’t wait to welcome the Simi Valley and surrounding communities in to try our wines and spend some time learning more about us.
Feature: Beyond The Acorn
Moose’s first photo shoot! 📸
Thank you to Ela and Michael for the lovely write up and beautiful photos. We are definitely honoring our fur babies in the most delicious way!
Feature: Edible Ojai & Ventura County
For the love of dogs! Thank you to Sarah Bourke for highlighting our small business and helping us raise awareness for our cause.
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Feature: Conejo Valley Lifestyle Magazine
This wine is for the dogs! We are really enjoying all the love we’ve been getting from our local press.
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Feature: Ventana Monthly
Wine Lovers’ Best Friend: Nectar of the Dogs Supports Dog Rescue Efforts Through Wine Sales.
Read the amazing article in the June issue of Ventana Monthly on Nectar of the Dogs Wine and our founder Melanie Garibay. Click the photo for the full story.
As Seen on TV: We were featured on KTLA!
Check out Melanie’s interview on KTLA’s LA Unscripted by clicking the photo. We love how the awesome women on the show take the time to highlight local businesses. If you haven’t seen it, the show airs weeknights at 7pm.
Feature: Malibu Coast Lifestyle
Our very own Melanie Garibay was featured in the May issue of Malibu Coast Lifestyle. We’re extra proud of this, as the issue is dedicated to celebrating women in business. Girl power!
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Review: CCF MikMurphy Scores BIG
Our beautiful red blend from Paso Robles was reviewed last year by Wine Enthusiast. Giving it 90 points! Read the full review here.
Review: 2017 “3 Dogs White” is a hit
The Tasting Panel reviewed our 2017 “3 Dogs White” giving it 92 points! They most recently also tried our CCF MikMurphy, giving it 90 points. We are so proud of our wines. Thank you to our winemakers!
Feature: Melanie shares our story
Thank you to VoyageLA for putting a spotlight on all the awesome businesses in this great city, including NOTDW!
