Cakebread Cellars has vineyard properties located throughout Napa Valley and a location in the Anderson Valley. The winery ranches surrounding the production facility in Rutherford are where it all began. The first 22 acre parcel was purchased in 1972. Over the years, the family has continued to acquire additional vineyard parcels throughout Napa Valley and the North Coast. Today, the winery owns 13 sites totaling 982 acres, 460 of which are currently planted. This judicious acquisition and development of vineyard land enables Cakebread Cellars to control the quality of the fruit they grow and the wines they make.
Continuity and stability are bedrock values for Cakebread Cellars and our wines. Bruce Cakebread, formerly winemaker and now president of Cakebread Cellars, is the guardian of the commitment to quality his parents made at the dawn of Cakebread Cellars. This ethos is also evident in the long-term tenures of winemaker Julianne Laks, who has been with Cakebread Cellars 26 years, and cellarmaster Brian Lee, a 25-year veteran of the winery.
The culinary sector at Cakebread Cellars is "Where great wine, great food and great people come together.” —Dolores Cakebread. Culinary classes, Harvest Dinners, are a given but it is The American Harvest Workshop at Cakebread Cellars that separates the winery from the norm. The American Harvest Workshop is a five day hands-on intensive program that includes in-depth tastings, working the grape harvest, insightful seminars, an on-site farmers market, farm visits, and planning and creating two memorable dinners around those purveyors’ products. And, of course, sitting down to eat and drink well in the good company of other participants and the Cakebread family.
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