“It’s absolutely the craziest, most esoteric shit out there… Even wine dorks don’t recognize any of the wines.”
— Stephen Bitterolf, Vom Boden Imports
“I haven't based this store on any kind of market research. Everything in here is wine that I love. This is like my private collection and I let people buy bottles from it.”
— Steve Ventura, original owner, Chronogram May 2021
“It says ‘natural wine’, it says ‘Dirty Bacchus’… It is a good name to get rid of people who aren’t sure what they’re gonna get.”
— Episode 175: “Border Theatre, ft. Steven Ventura from Dirty Bacchus”