When Little Bo Peep lost her sheep, she waited around like a moron.

Apparently, she hadn’t herd.

She could have been sipping a glass of the good stuff from Black Sheep Finds or Piedrasassi, two small-batch wineries owned by Chicago native Peter Hunken. (His wife, Amy Christine, is co-owner of the former.)

Hunken’s romance with the grape began with an apprenticeship in 2001. Today he produces limited-edition bottles in a tricked-out warehouse behind a Home Depot in California. The hands-on approach (he has no employees) allows for high-quality, affordable, and seriously artisanal wines.

Available now: subtle, soft 2006 Genuine Risk cabernet; dark, fruity 2007 Hocus Pocus Syrah; peppery Holus Bolus Syrah.  

Hunken doesn’t use distributors; he sells every bottle himself.

Not so baaaaad.

Available at Vrai Amour, 953 West Webster Street, between Sheffield Avenue and Bissell Street (773-549-9740 or vraiamour.com); Red & White, 1861 North Milwaukee Avenue, at Oakley Avenue (773-486-4769 or redandwhitechicago.com). For more information, go to blacksheepfinds.com.