Cakebread Cellars Celebrates its 50th Anniversary in Napa Valley

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To grant 50 years of winemaking astatine the family-owned Cakebread Cellars, the winery is celebrating large this year. Located in the bucolic municipality of Rutherford, California, the owners conscionable released a peculiar 50th Anniversary Chardonnay Collection to grant this landmark year. They besides person peculiar events planned passim the twelvemonth focusing connected Chardonnay and different vino varietals.

When Jack and Dolores Cakebread founded the winery successful the aboriginal 1970s, they planted Chardonnay grapes. After harvesting, they made their archetypal 157 cases of Cakebread Cellars Chardonnay. Today the winery continues to absorption connected winemaking and culinary excellence, positive sustainability. 

Co-Owner and Board Member, Bruce Cakebread expresses his gratitude, “We are truthful fortunate to beryllium celebrating 50 years. It lone makes consciousness to beryllium celebrating with Chardonnay, arsenic it was the archetypal varietal produced by Cakebread Cellars, and a favourite of our parents. This peculiar merchandise tells the Cakebread Cellars story, that of the vineyards and winemaking practices that we person developed since our founding, which we volition proceed to refine implicit the adjacent 50 years.”  

Cakebread Cellars 50th Anniversary Chardonnay Selection

The merchandise of their 50th Anniversary Chardonnay Collection features a 4 vessel bid of unsocial 100% estate-grown wines. Each reflects the clonal, clime and terroir of the vineyard from wherever the grapes were harvested. As a tribute to founder, Jack Cakebread, each vino statement features a antithetic photograph taken by an Ansel Adams-trained photographer.

These 4 Chardonnays are from vineyards successful the Napa Carneros AVA, an appellation that creates classical Cakebread Cellars Chardonnays. They see Cuttings Wharf, Foster Road, Milton Road and Tinsley. 

Chairman of the Board and co-owner Dennis Cakebread shares, “Our day is simply a accidental to observe our past and stock caller opportunities and experiences with each the customers and commercialized partners that person supported america implicit the past 50 years. Many person go large friends. We are arrogant of our past and energized by each that is up for Cakebread Cellars – from innovations successful winemaking and sustainability to caller offerings and recently owned vineyards including our caller vineyard acquisition successful the Napa Carneros AVA.” 

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Visitors volition admit the precocious remodeled modern plan Cakebread tasting room, offering aggregate areas to larn astir and admit the luxury wines. Take a guided circuit oregon beryllium successful a backstage oregon communal mounting to larn much astir the award-winning wines.

Since Cakebread Cellars is Napa Green Certified, the Sustainability Wines and Vines Tour is simply a viticultural guided locomotion done the location ranch vineyards were Sauvignon Blanc, Semilion and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes grow. Learn astir the reclaimed and repurposed materials used, and the vineyards h2o and vigor conservation. Walking into the accumulation facility, guests volition sensation 4 existent merchandise wines and larn astir however each 1 was made. This 90 infinitesimal circuit and tasting is Thursday done Monday astatine 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

The Library Tasting is for collectors and aficionados seeking to sensation the finest wines successful the household room and immoderate existent releases. The 75 infinitesimal acquisition enlightens participants successful a communal tasting acquisition astir however aging tin payment these Napa wines. This tasting acquisition is offered connected Thursday done Monday for $100. 

Cakebread Cellars Tasting Experiences

On the Reserve Library Tasting, six curated reddish and achromatic wines from the household room are served on with seasonal made in-house bites. Learn astir the improvement and longevity of each vino during this 90 infinitesimal tasting experience. Reservations are disposable connected Thursday done Monday astatine 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The outgo for this peculiar tasting is $100.

The Classic Wine Tasting takes participates connected an informative locomotion astir a communal tasting, showcasing 4 existent releases of reddish and achromatic wines. This 45 infinitesimal acquisition is perfect for those funny successful learning astir the beingness of a moving winery, portion tasting a assortment of wines for $50.

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To footwear disconnected 2023, Cakebread Cellars expanded its 50-year committedness to prime winemaking and terroir look with the motorboat of Bezel, a caller postulation of wines celebrating Paso Robles AVA wrong California’s Central Coast.

This postulation features a Chardonnay (SRP: $25) and Pinot Noir (SRP: $30) that are presently disposable successful TX, CO, CT, and TN with planned enlargement successful the adjacent future. Bezel joins Mullan Road Cellars, a Washington-based Cabernet Sauvignon (SRP: $45), to complement the offerings by the Cakebread family. 

Other 50th day celebratory events see Meet the Makers: Red Wine Tasting and Lunch connected May 20. They volition besides person a Harvest Celebration successful the fall. Visitors tin bask multi-course meals with vino pairings passim the year, and motion up for a backstage cooking class.

The tasting country is unfastened regular starting astatine 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Schedule a 50th Anniversary Library Tasting oregon Classic Cakebread Tasting to conscionable knowledgable vino educators who volition stock the past of Cakebread Cellars, portion pouring wines.

Cakebread Cellars also offers aft hours astatine the venue for backstage dinners, weddings, and celebratory events.