arms around the world is straight up, feedback-soaked rock’n’roll storytelling

For over 2 decades, Jon Rimmerman has been building something unusual: a global community connected by curiosity, taste, and the belief that context matters.

As the voice behind Garagiste—the cult wine phenomenon profiled in The New York Times, GQ, Bloomberg, Forbes and The Seattle Times, Jon champions and distributes wines from producers working outside mainstream systems. His daily email is passed around by chefs, screenshotted by buyers, and pounced on by collectors because he makes us feel why these wines matter. No images. Just words.

The premise has always been simple: let the experience—the sight, sound, taste—guide you. Pay attention to place, process, and people. Understand that what you consume—wine, food, music—depends on these relationships. Savor them and make your life infinitely richer.

The Music

Same philosophy, different frequency. In a now-or-never moment, Jon threw a bag in his Fiat, drove to Santa Barbara, and spent two weeks recording arms around the world—his debut album of feedback-soaked indie rock built on Rickenbacker shimmer and vintage tube warmth.

Wine, food, music: all terroir. All shaped by the invisible web of connections Jon has spent his life revealing. Now he's exploring that web through sound—a way to let people know Jon as well as what he has to say. It's the piece of connection he's been missing. The result is the new Seattle sound: lyrical, analog, bone-deep.

Listen and See