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This article showcases our top picks for the best California based Wine & Spirits companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Wine & Spirits industry, but are all exceptional startups and companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top California Wine & Spirits Companies
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Winc
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After launching in 2011 with the goal of making discovering great wine easy, Winc continues to disrupt the $220BN wine industry. Driven by the vision of a great bottle on every table and a great story in every bottle, Winc seeks to create more custom experiences for its members and bring ease and exploration to the process of buying and enjoying wine.
The company’s unrivaled access to consumer insights has helped shape the development of iconic brands like Summer Water, the viral hit embodying the rosé state of mind, and Folly of the Beast, the supremely accessible Pinot Noir of uncompromising quality. In addition to its online subscription service, Winc’s sought-after brands are available in progressive restaurants and premium retailers nationwide.
Winc recently announced its first public investment opportunity, Winc Shares, a Regulation A+ campaign on the SeedInvest platform. In its mission to further democratize the wine category, the licensed winery will be raising money through Reg A+ financing, a section under the JOBS Act voted in by the SEC that allows anyone to invest in a private company, not just the wealthiest 2%.
Tapping into the company’s robust community of members and brand advocates, this campaign will enable Winc’s supporters to invest alongside prominent players like Bessemer Venture Partners, CrossCut Ventures and Shining Capital The best bottles of wine are shared. Now the best wineries can be, too.
Learn more at seedinvest.com/winc.. .
ONEHOPE
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ONEHOPE is a social enterprise that sells wine and other products and services to raise awareness and funding for charitable organizations.
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Vivino
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Vivino is a developer of an online wine marketplace used to view ratings for wines from around the globe. It is a large online wine marketplace and most downloaded wine app, powered by a community of millions.
Vivino’s unique wine shopping experience uses community data to suggest personalized wine recommendations, making wine discovery and purchase fun, accessible, and effortless for wine drinkers of every level.. .
Haus
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Haus is a beverage brand creating better products for the modern drinker. Haus is taking on the American liquor industry, which hasn’t changed since prohibition.
Through products made with only natural ingredients, new approaches to distribution, and transparent processes, Haus is building a business holistically designed in the best interests of today’s consumer.. .
Wine.com
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Wine.com is an online wine retailer, offering selection, guidance, and convenience not found in brick and mortar stores. The company provides its customers access to the world’s largest wine store, with live chat wine experts available 7 days a week.
With multiple distribution centers and the most sophisticated retail wine fulfillment network in the United States, Wine.comdelivers in 1-2 days to most addresses, offering date-certain delivery and the convenience of shipping to 11,000 FedEx Office, Walgreens, and affiliated local pick-up sites. The company’s popular StewardShip program provides unlimited wine delivery and exclusive access to new releases for $49 per year.
Recently launched, the Wine.com iOS app allows users to scan, rate, and purchase wines on the go. Wine.com’s mission, to inspire the wine lifestyle through innovation, is captured in its brand manifesto video, viewable here..
Saucey
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Saucey is an e-Commerce company which handles the fastest, easiest and most reliable on-demand alcohol delivery service.
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Endless West
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Endless West is a beverage startup using scientific production methods to create its own original blend of wines and spirits. Its winery uses molecules from plants, animals, and substances for taste, smell, and color and combines them to create sustainable wine without any grapes, yeast, or any kind of fermentation.
The company’s first product, Glyph, is the first aged-style spirit made using flavor and aroma molecules extracted from more efficient sources in nature. Glyph is made without aging or barreling which means significantly less wood, water, and land is used in its production process.
Endless West was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.. .
Biome Makers
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Biome Makers is specialized in microbiome understanding to provide comprehensive analysis for agricultural and industrial processes.
Drinks
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DRINKS is disrupting the way wine is sold by leveraging its industry-leading digital reach and marketplace efficiencies to bring consumers the highest quality wine at the lowest prices, direct to their door. Direct-to-Consumer Properties DRINKS operates the leading consumer marketplace and platform for high quality, affordable premium wine.
The company’s proprietary ecommerce platform provides optimized Direct Response acquisition, multiple storefronts, and personalized experiences. Ship-to-Home Solution DRINKS offers a plug-and-play platform for digital merchants and brick-and-mortar retailers alike to rapidly start marketing award-winning wine portfolios to their customers across the USA.
DRINKS provides an end-to-end solution, from marketing a customized selection of wines specific to each customer, to state-level compliance, to delivery to a home, office, or one of 10,000 convenient local pickup locations. Best-in-Class Technology and Data Science Our patented technology leverages our 1M+ transactions, behavioral data, and demographic data to optimize wine recommendations.
For further information, you may reach us at https://drinks.com. .
Penrose Hill
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Penrose Hill is an independent winery that eliminates the middleman to give customers exclusive access to small-batch wines. Penrose Hil transforms the wine market by empowering consumers to experience wine in a whole new way through their flexible subscription-based service model customizes wine shipments according to the individual member’s taste, schedule, and budget.
They launched Firstleaf as their premier wine service in partnership with Time Inc. across the magazine conglomerate’s portfolio of leading publications, a multiplicity of marketing channels, and a vast subscriber base.
Penrose Hill was founded by Philip James in 2015 in California.. .
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Bespoken Spirits
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Bespoken Spirits is a food and beverage company that has developed technology to precisely tailor spirits for aroma, color, and taste in just days. Its proprietary ACTivation technology makes it possible to extract the key elements of the barrel that enhance aroma, color, and taste (ACT) but with precision, control, and speed.
It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California.. .
Underground Cellar
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Underground Cellar is an innovative online wine marketplace for discovering and buying premium wine. Every day it features a winery, region, or varietal in a themed offering and randomly rewards consumers with free bottle swap-outs to rare and private-stash bottles from prestigious wineries.
The company, which is located in San Francisco, CA, allows its users to purchase wine from its winery partners, and members can accumulate, store up to 500 bottles, and ship their purchases, in perfect conditions in a state-of-the-art wine cellar in California wine country.. .
Tastry, Inc.
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Leading AI and Sensory Sciences Company
Evergreen
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Evergreen is a beverage marketing and management software for bars, restaurants, brands, and consumers. Their tools help bars, restaurants, tasting rooms, and bottle shops more effectively manage and market their beer, spirits, and cocktail programs.
They help them save time and sell more, which is why they’re in business in the first place. Evergreen tools also automate menu updates across digital, print, Google, Facebook, and website menus streamline inventory management, help them spread the word through social, monitor their reviews, and so much more.
Through cutting-edge technology, unparalleled customer service, and deep industry expertise, they enable businesses to harness easy-to-use digital tools to streamline back-of-house operations and better market to new and existing patrons.. .
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Vintage Wine Estates
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Vintage Wine Estates is a privately held wine company owned by a group of vintner families with deep roots in the wine business. The families own a collection of winery estates and brands including Clos Pegase Winery, Cosentino Winery, Girard Winery, B.R.
Cohn Winery, Swanson Vineyards, Viansa Sonoma, Windsor Vineyards, Cameron Hughes, Firesteed, Cartlidge & Browne, Sonoma Coast Vineyards, Middle Sister, Tall Dark Stranger, Pro-mis-Q-ous, Monogamy, Girl & Dragon, Purple Cowboy and a number of exclusive wine brands.. .
Fermented Sciences
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Fermented Sciences makes handcrafted organic hard kombucha products called Flying Embers. It comes with probiotics and botanical adaptogens.
The company’s line of live beers with active bacteria cultures, bring to life ancient brews and remedies to the modern-day. There are 6 refreshing flavors that Flying Embers offers, these are berry, lemon, ginger, pineapple, cherry, and grapefruit, all USDA certified organic with zero grams of sugar and carbs.
It is a low-calorie, gluten-free, vegan beverage ranging from 4.5% to 7.5% alcohol by volume. Fermented Sciences was founded in 2016 by passionate entrepreneurs focused on disrupting the alcohol beverage industry through the creation of a revolutionary platform of great-tasting botanical brews with functional benefits.
It is headquartered in Ojai, California.. .
Delectable
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Delectable is a team of technologists, designers, winemakers and artists building technology to reinvent wine. As both wine consumers and wine professionals they know firsthand that understanding wine is hard.
They believe it should be easy. Using groundbreaking technology, and with a keen understanding of wine’s inherent complexity, they’ve built a platform and tools that help consumers share, discover and drink awesome wine..
iPourit
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iPourIt is an interactive, on-premise, self-service beer & wine experience promoting consumer choice and sampling to increase revenue and drive profitability through higher space utilization and lower operating costs for clients while enhancing customer satisfaction. iPourIt Inc.
was founded in 2012 by Brett Jones and Joseph McCarthy and is based in Lake Forest, California.. .
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Liquor.com
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Liquor.com is your expert guide for all things cocktails and spirits. Our readers get exclusive stories from industry insiders on the finest spirits, the world’s top bars, the newest drink trends and, of course, tasty cocktail recipes.
The site won the 2012 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards for Best Cocktail Writing and Best Cocktail Author, and our How to Cocktail video series won a James Beard Award in 2013. Our site has a huge network of award-winning writers, master mixologists and spirits experts who travel the globe to find you the perfect drink..
California Dreamin
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California Dreamin is a food and beverage start up that manufactures all natural cannabis infused sodas for a light social high. It is simply made of fruit juice, cannabis, and carbonation.
It was on their first date that the founders, Amy and Peter discovered their mutual love for starting companies. Amy and Peter knew then wanted to start something, but weren’t sure what.
With a little reseach, it became clear that the cannabis market was on it’s way to becoming huge while only catering to your typical pothead.. .
BottleKeeper
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BottleKeeper is a company that promises to keep warm beer out of your hands.
Merican Mule
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Merican Mule is a premium craft cocktail brand that delivers convenient, bartender-quality mules. The company offers real, premium distilled spirits, ginger, and all-natural ingredients, available in 12 oz.
(355 ml) Single Cans & 4-pack. They also offer gluten-free options (Moscow Style & Tropical Style) and not made with malt or alcohol from fermented sugar..
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Beach Whiskey
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Beach Whiskey™ was founded in 2015 by entrepreneurs including TV and radio personality Billy Bush, music stars Jake Owen and Gavin DeGraw, beverage industry veteran J. Smoke Wallin and co-founding investor and advisor Ken Austin, and entrepreneurs co-founder Andrew McGinnis and co-founding investors Kenny Dichter and Andrew Kline.
Beach Whiskey is a flavored American whiskey made for sun worshiping, moon chasing, and fun seekers. A whiskey for the wise and the whimsical.
A whiskey for those drawn to the water, the waves, who welcome a little wickedness. Beach Whiskey is about time…your time, day time! Born on the beach, enjoyed everywhere.
No matter where you are, our mission is to bring the beach – “your place in the sun” – to thirsty, fun-loving whiskey drinkers everywhere. Please sip and swim responsibly!.
Ashland Hard Seltzer
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Ashland Hard Seltzer creates craft hard seltzer with all-natural, organic ingredients, and alkaline water for outstanding taste and purity. The company uses natural flavors like blackberry lemonade, pineapple, tangerine, and lime are craft brewed with alkaline water which supports in neutralizing excessive acidity and toxins in the body while also being ultra-hydrating.
Organic ingredients brewed with this unique water chemistry is its distinct recipe for an incredible tasting hard seltzer.. .
OM Spirits
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OM spirits produces a line of award winning organic, better for you liqueurs and elevated prepared cocktails.
invino
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invino is the original online private sale site dedicated exclusively to the wine vertical. Members enjoy access to a highly curated selection of wines, from artisan producers to well-known brands, sourced at the best price online: generally between 30% and 80% below suggested retail.
Developed by wine-industry entrepreneurs Tony and Danielle Westfall, with offices in Sonoma and San Francisco, invino targets a lifestyle demographic: consumers who embrace wine as a lifestyle, not only a special-occasion luxury. The company is modeled after similar e-commerce businesses in the fashion and home-decorating categories.
Consumers must apply for free membership at invino.com to obtain access to invino’s offerings. New products are posted daily across a range of wine-related categories; all offers are time- and inventory-limited.
invino Members receive a $20 online credit if they refer someone who makes a purchase. The wide network of industry contacts the Westfalls have nurtured through many years in the wine business affords them the opportunity to work with producers from Sonoma to Rioja.
All selections are made by a Panel of experts that includes founder Tony Westfall, a longtime collector who has honed his palate tasting alongside some of the best-known winemakers and sommeliers in California. The Panel personally tastes hundreds of wines, ultimately choosing only a small percentage to feature on the site.
invino also offers competitive shipping rates, including $10 ground shipping on orders of $50 or more to anywhere the company ships in the US (only to states where wine shipments are legal), excluding charges for special/refrigerated packaging on warm-weather shipping. invino is the flagship company of the husband-and-wife team’s Good Company Wines portfolio.
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El Silencio Holdings
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El Silencio delivers hand-crafted spirit to a new generation of creative drinkers and cultural innovators. They meticulously picked agaves are roasted, crushed, and double-distilled resulting in a full-bodied flavor.
Founded in Santa Monica in 2013, the company creates its mezcal in Oaxaca, Mexico, using the traditional process carried on by generations of mezcaleros.. .
Hip Sobriety
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Hip Sobriety provides alcohol abuse treatment for Americans.
Scout Distribution
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Scout Distribution is a craft beer and wine distributor that provides excellent customer service.
Carlsbad Naturals
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Carlsbad Naturals brings cutting edge science to deliver nutrients and hydration in an effective way
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Nosotros Life and Spirits
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Nosotros Tequila is a premium socially responsible Tequila brand founded by Costa Rica native and young entrepreneur, Carlos Soto.
Vinebox
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Vinebox is a premium wine-by-the-glass subscription service.
Rebel Coast Winery
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Introduce yourself to a new wine brand called Rebel Coast Winery (formerly Naked Rebel Winery) where the winemakers started bootlegging their wine in the dorms of Cal Poly. Now they are barely legal and making a pretty solid Oakville Cab/Syrah blend, as well as a California Pink Champagne.
The pink champagne is an Alexander Valley Pinot made in the Charmat method and is a Demi-Sec style. It is a fun sparkling, and something that we get no complaints about.
Another cool thing they do is screen print the bottle with glow in the dark ink. They pretty much had to do it that way, as we have spent many a nights going thirsty not being about to find bottles in the dark..
E & J Gallo Winery
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E. &.
J. Gallo Winery, Inc.
engages in producing and distributing wines in the United States and internationally. It offers table and sparkling wine, malt beverage products, dessert wine, and distilled spirits, as well as imports wines.
The company sells its products through a network of distributors. It also sells its products online.
The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Modesto, California with sales offices in the United States. It has locations in the United States, Canada, China, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
As of October 8, 2010, E. &.
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CELLAR
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CELLAR MEDIA is a direct-to-consumer commerce company employing premium, story- driven television programming and podcasts to sell luxury wine. Our mission is to be the agent of discovery and affinity for the best and most interesting wines and winemakers in the world.
Through world-class storytelling, an all-screen viewing experience, and direct-to-consumer wine sales, CELLAR brings the tasting room to the living room, and connects wine lovers and world- class winemakers wherever they may be. At CELLAR, Every Bottle Tells a Story.
“CELLAR gives consumers the perfect excuse to open a $50 bottle of wine on a Tuesday night with friends and family, and escape to wine country from the comfort of their own homes.”. .
GrapeSeed
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GrapeSeed creates brands in partnership with leading winemakers. Brands are offered exclusively to our member community who fund projects by paying a monthly subscription fee.
The subscription fee accrues in the members account, and is used to select and acquire wines. Members are rewarded with unprecedented access to winemakers, wine country experiences, sneak previews of upcoming releases and other “owner-like” benefits.
Wines ship direct to members, cutting out the middlemen. From a business perspective GrapeSeed is a luxury brand incubator.
Our addressable market is the top 10% of wine drinkers – the luxury wine consumer. This segment accounts for 3.4B in sales annually.
We guarantee the highest degree of quality for our member’s by partnering exclusively with winemakers validated by Wine Spectator or Wine Advocate (Parker). Access, exclusivity, transparency and authenticity will drive value for our members..
Blackbird Vineyards
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Blackbird Vineyards operates as an artisanal producer of Bordeaux-inspired wines.
WineCountry.com
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WineCountry.com is a trusted source for discovering and enjoying global wine destinations. It believes in attainable luxury for everyone.
It has deep, local knowledge in each wine region.. .
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Phase 2 Cellars
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Phase 2 Cellars is a producer of nuanced and balanced pinot noir and chardonnay wines intended to provide natural wine for customers. The company full service, state-of-the-art laboratory is available for analyses from vineyard to bottle and carries out all standard analyses in-house.
Phase 2 Cellars platform combines traditional methods such as hand punch down and whole berry uncrushed fermentation’s with cutting edge technology in soil exploration and vineyard mapping, enabling wine lovers to enjoy the purest variety of wines. Founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, CA, USA..
Mission Bay Wine & Cheese
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Mission Bay Wine & Cheese offers a carefully curated selection of wine, beer, cheese, and spirits.
Tahoe Blue Vodka
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Tahoe Blue Vodka is an originally blended vodka that is rigorously distilled in small batches from a mix of grape, grain, and sugarcane. Its qualities resemble those of the lake so cherish: it’s crisp, refreshing, and best enjoyed a bit chilly.
Headquartered in South Lake Tahoe and handcrafted in Mountain View, a percentage of all Tahoe Blue proceeds is donated to help preserve the environment–and, therefore, the lifestyle–of stunning Lake Tahoe, their vodka’s inspiring namesake and their inspiration.. .
Which Winery, Inc
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Which Winery aims to connect wineries and wine lovers all over the world.
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Satori Brands
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SATORI is an ultra-premium take on the traditional distilled spirit of Korea – developed specially for the U.S. market.
Micro-distilled in the American heartland from GMO-free brown rice, winter wheat, and all-natural flavors, SATORI is the world’s first ultra-premium American Soju. Very low calorie (less than half of vodka and less than Skinny Girl).
Unique botanical flavors: Lemongrass, Pear, Plum and Original. Extraordinarily smooth.
Soju is the only distilled spirit with a legal loophole allowing sales in Beer & Wine accounts in California and New York, with over 40,000 accounts in this segment alone.. .
Andegavia Cask Wines
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Along the Loire Valley lies what once was one of the original wine growing regions in Western France, Andegavia. It was here that the wine trade began and where wine was once stored and shipped in large barrels or “casks.” Centuries later, we are still using the cask format from the old French region to produce our California-infused blends.
With Andegavia, we are creating the first luxury-class wine brand in eco-friendly packaging that combines aspects of Old-World Europe and modern-day sophistication.. .
Brooks Note Winery
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Brooks Note Winery is a Marin-based, small family winery focusing on Pinot Noir. Its goal is to craft amazing, well-balanced wines that reflect the vineyards from which they come.
They are produced in small lots with exceptional care. It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Novato, California..
Camino Brewing Co.
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Camino Brewing Co is a beverage company that produces and brews craft specialty beer.
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Wine Hooligans
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Wine Hooligans bring artisan wines made by passionate winemakers and viticulturists to market. Wine Hooligans was founded in 2013 and is led by Dennis Carroll.
It is headquartered in Santa Rosa, California.. .
Craftable
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Craftable is a complete restaurant management platform designed by Silicon Valley tech experts partnered with hospitality industry veterans. We collaborate with restaurateurs, operators and accountants to unite businesses with best-in-class technology to drive profit and reduce labor for restaurants, bars and hotels.
Built to handle the most demanding beverage programs in the country, our platform is made to control every feature of your bar program and menu offerings. From ordering with vendors, costing every dash and counting every bottle, now you can keep a watchful eye on variance and cost percentage without needing a stiff drink at the end.
With menu engineering, recipe costing and price comparison, your team behind the burners can easily adjust their culinary creations to protect margins in our cost-sensitive industry. Easily manage multiple locations, different vendors, and complex recipes with subrecipes and batches.
Craftable is built to accommodate operators from independent restaurateurs to regional and national chains. Craftable is proud to serve the leading hospitality operators including Hakkasan Restaurants and Nightclubs, Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants, Employees Only, Slanted Door, Dead Rabbit, BOKA Restaurant Group, Barcelona Wine Bar and Station Casinos..
BevMo
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BevMo! is a privately held corporation that sells mainly alcoholic beverages. It offers spirits, wine, craft beer, soda, and snacks.
The company finds purpose in a fun and exciting environment such as stores and corporate service center. The company was founded on 1994 and is headquartered in Concord, California..
Rock Wall Wine Company
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The Rock Wall Wine Company represents a new chapter in the East Bay winemaking scene. The winery offers wine lovers one of the most unique experiences in the wine world.
The company was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Alameda, California.. .
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Chai Vault
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Chai Vault is an unprecedented solution for securing the authenticity and provenance of fine wine.
VinPerfect
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VinPerfect aims to give winemakers and wine lovers what they have always deserved: a reliable wine bottle seal, appropriate for any wine style. As winemakers, they have accepted a product defect rate far above what would be tolerated in any other industry for literally hundreds of years.
They even romanticized the defects in wine lore. However, in their defense, switching from bark corks to an alternative closure meant trading one problem for another..
Surfing Donkey
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Surfing Donkey is a drinking company that offers handcrafted cocktails with real spirits and organic ingredients. They use only the highest quality distilled spirits and organic ingredients.
The cocktails taste just like the high-end cocktails served by local mixologist without the pretense or the pricey tab. The company is the maker of real craft cocktails that represent the authentic (non-corporate), fun, laid-back lifestyle that is true to its core.
Surfing Donkey was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, USA.. .
Halleck Vineyard
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Halleck Vineyard provides a variety of farming techniques in an attempt to accomplish this across all their vineyards. The primary intent for this vineyard was to serve as a college fund for their three boys, Connor, Adam, and Quinn.
Of course, a passion for Pinot led the charge. It remains our flagship, being selected by the Somm Journal in 2018 as one of the top 5 vineyards in Sonoma County..
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Bay Pac Beverages
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Food and beverage consumers worldwide are increasingly demanding products that are pure, healthy, organic, sustainably produced and socially responsible. Bay Pac’s products fill this need.
They develop and distribute beverages from around the world that are made with unique, sustainably farmed and, where possible, Fair Trade Certified ingredients… and they never compromise taste! When a consumer purchases one of their brands, they can be assured that they have chosen quality, purity, taste and social responsibility.
As an added benefit to investors, all of their brands are positioned in the fastest growing segments of their market, Social responsibility matters to us… they believe that their stature as a company is measured equally by the positive contribution they make to the lives of people, communities and the environment, as well as by achieving financial success.
All Bay Pac brands have a strong appeal for socially-minded consumers. Additionally, chain store, hotel and cruise line buyers who are actively seeking products consistent with their Corporate Social Responsibility programs are attracted to these products.
Their current products include the FAIR line of premium spirits (a quinoa vodka, a London dry gin, an aged Belize rum, a coffee liqueur, and a goji berry liqueur), all made with Fair Trade certified ingredients. A value-priced GMO- free French wheat vodka and a low gluten amber ale craft-brewed with quinoa are additional products..
Eight Bridges Brewing
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Eight Bridges Brewing is a self-distributing production brewery and tasting room focused on delivering a great craft beer experience.
Le Grand Courtage
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Le Grand Courtage is an online store that offers various types of French sparkling wine. It offers wines for weddings, parties, and other special functions.
Le Grand Courtage was founded by Tawnya Falkner and is based in Los Angeles, California.. .
Agave Underground
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Agave Underground is a multi-award winning tequila brand. They currently have distribution in 26 states, 2 provinces of Canada and are preparing to launch Europe.
The company owns multiple design patents and trademarks. The executive team is comprised of: Michael Ivey, Founder and CEO, Chris Ivey, Legal Counsel and Partner at Stradling, Yocca, Carlson, Rauth.
Fran Vivenzo, Global VP of Sales & Distribution, and Nicole Gaes, Operations. Their Board of Directors is: Steele Platt, founder of The Yardhouse Restaurant and Bob Smith, past President and CEO of Alliance Beverage.
They bring over 50 years of combined experience in the adult beverage industry. They have an aggressive market plan that consists of individual state marketing and film crews.
They also currently sponsor the Danny Rowe Race Team which includes 3 Pro Mod, NHRA race cars along with a 53′, fully branded Semi. They also have over 100k in their current inventory of bottles..
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Beachwood Blendery
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Beachwood Blendery is a batch beer producer that produces Lambic style beers. The company’s beers are produced using ingredients, equipment, and brewing methods that are steeped in tradition and admittedly modern.
The modern approach uses non-traditional ingredients, including unconventional grains and tropical fruit, and involves keeping a mixed house culture constantly propagating and developing in incubators.. .
Skrewball Whiskey
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Skrewball Whiskey creates a Whiskey infused with peanut butter that takes over customers’ taste buds.
Wine Access
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Access the world’s most extraordinary wines, direct from the source.
Applebee’s
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Applebee’s is an international restaurant and bar chain headquartered in Glendale California.
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The Wine Group
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Established in 1981, The Wine Group (TWG) is the world’s second-largest wine producer by volume. TWG is a privately-held, management-owned company with a portfolio of leading brands, including Cupcake, Franzia, flipflop and Almaden.
The Wine Group’s corporate headquarters, located in Livermore, California, are set next to our flagship winery, Concannon Vineyard. The Wine Group markets its products in North America, Western Europe and Asia.
The Wine Group’s vision is to thrive as the wine and spirits industry’s most admired organization while delighting consumers with unbeatable brand value and continuous innovation to consistently exceed their expectations. It is the mission of The Wine Group to drive long-term value creation with the speed, agility and entrepreneurial culture that has defined TWG since its inception.
Also, to prosper as an independent, management-owned company and serve as an enduring example for business stewardship for all of TWG’s stakeholders…consumers, customers, employees, owners, society.. .
Wine Management Systems
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They provide Winery Management Software Solutions for winery production management. Their software is delivered through Cloud Computing and created specifically for the small to mid-size wine producer to help them better manage and track their winery operations.
Their winery management software tracks all winery activities including: – Vineyard & Grower Management – Production & Bottling – Inventory Management – Wine Club Management – TTB Compliance – Synchronizing financial information with QuickBooks As a technology leader, WMS is the first company to offer Software as a Service (SaaS) to the wine industry. By offering their system using SaaS, their clients never have to worry about paying to own their winery management software! You pay a reasonable monthly fee that includes free upgrades that are delivered seamlessly without any need for your attention.
This eliminates compatibility issues and the need to purchase third-party add-ons.. .
Vintners’ Alliance
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Vintners’ Alliance is a marketing technology and database provider for premium wineries.
Ficks Beverage Co
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Ficks Beverage Co is a San Francisco based beverage manufacturer set on making the bar better-for-you. Their hard seltzers are the first flavored with real fruit juice for authentic taste, and their line of premium cocktails mixers are half the calories and sugar of other all natural mixers.
Their products can be found at major retailers like Target, Kroger, Whole Foods and H-E-B.. .
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Outbound Brewing
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Outbound Brewing offers high-quality CBD infused nonalcoholic beverages.
Coup De Foudre
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Coup De Foudre engages in the production of wines. It offers Cabernet Sauvignon, 37.2 Cuvée, Les Bouquinistes, Pinot Noir, Lightning Bolt, Malbec, Sauvignon Blanc, Coup De Folie, Le Gauchiste, Le Droitier, and Master Bouteillier.
Coup De Foudre is based in Napa, California. ,.
WX Brands
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Winery Exchange was founded in 1999. Headquartered in Novato, California, USA, they maintain regional sales offices around the United States and international offices in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Spain.
Of its founding group of three, Peter Byck continues as Winery Exchange’s President and CEO and John Crean is an observing member of the Board of Directors and an investor. The company was founded with the intent of blending extensive industry expertise with cutting-edge business practices.
The result is a dynamic, fast-growing company poised to take advantage of new trends in the beverage alcohol industry.. .
North Park Beer Company
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North Park Beer Company is an independently owned craft brewery that makes craft fine ales and lagers. The company focuses on hop-forward San Diego style ales and lagers, but also brew a whole range of styles and aim to have something for everyone.
North Park Beer’s taproom is family friendly and also boasts a beautiful space to craft private events. They also offer a selection of guest beer, wine, cider, and non-alcoholic beverages..
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Vinfolio
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Based in San Francisco, with a second location opening in Hong Kong in Fall 2008, Vinfolio’s guiding principle is “Fine wine, finer service,” demonstrating the company’s unparalleled level of personalized customer service and collector services. Vinfolio’s wine store is seamlessly integrated with collector services, all designed to make the wine buying, selling and collecting experience effortless and enjoyable.
From an extensive selection of fine wine to VinCellar™, its online cellar management software, to collector services (including on-site inventorying and full-service storage), Vinfolio delivers “Fine wine, finer service”. Vinfolio was founded by Stephen J.
Bachmann, who incorporated his expertise in technology and finance with his passion for wine. Having amassed a 7,000 bottle collection, Bachmann realized all too well the challenges of building and managing a wine collection.
He launched Vinfolio in 2003 as an integrated solution for serious wine lovers and currently serves as the company’s CEO. As he explains it, “finally the administrative tasks associated with amassing and developing a wine collection can be accomplished with efficiency, expertise and convenience, allowing passionate oenophiles to get back to the fun of collecting and drinking wine.” In addition to its expert staff of oenophiles, Vinfolio has a notable group of advisors with deep expertise in all aspects of the wine industry.
These include members of the board of directors and personal investors Jean-Michel Valette, M.W., Former Chairman of Robert Mondavi Winery, Colin Lind, Managing Partner of Blum Capital Partners, L.P and Bill Timken, founding partner of Hambrecht & Quist. In addition, Vinfolio’s board of advisors includes Rajat Parr, wine director for the MICHAEL MINA group; Martine Saunier, founder of Martine’s Wines; Vineyard 29 owner Chuck McMinn; and entrepreneur and collector William J.
Shea.. .
Wine + Moxxi
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Wine + Moxxi engages in delivering monthly wine subscription for customers.
EasyVino
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EasyVino is a mobile wine recommendation app that helps users pick out the best wine for them in restaurants and stores. Easy Vino is targeting those consumers who struggle with long wine lists.
Using a proprietary tasting profiling algorithm, Easy Vino combines the user’s taste preference and wine data from restaurants and stores to recommend the best wine available. The company has recently launched in closed beta and is planning to release the public beta in the Summer of ’12..
Cutwater Spirits
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Cutwater Spirits operates as a craft distilling venture. We’re just hardwired that way.
Armed with some heavy experience, hard earned awards and boundless energy, we’re charging ahead to carve out our place in the global spirits industry.. .
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SaloonBox
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SaloonBox, is a subscription kit designed to help craft cocktail lovers make drinks at home without spending a fortune. The kits are monthly and are priced at $37.50 – much lower than other kits on the market.
Each recipe is curated by a well respected mixologist.. .
Vinobo
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Vinobo is an objective source of information and entertainment about California wine for wine hobbyists and wine tourists. There is a blog, and there will be a series of free online taste-along video lessons.
There will be a smart phone app which acts as a self-guided tour of California’s wine country. And there will be a desktop app for pre-planning tours, setting up itineraries, archiving notes, etc..
EMETRY
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EMETRY is a data analytics software product for the wine industry.
WineSimple
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WineSimple operates an online wine store that matches wine characteristics to individual taste profiles. All wines are individually tested by a team of sommeliers, who profile each wine across a number of taste attributes.
The company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California. It has raised over $1M+ in seed funding to date with leading angel investors..
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Stone Brewing
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Stone Brewing Co. is the 10th largest craft brewer in the United States.
DNS Wines
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DNS Wines is a grower-focused portfolio specializing in the marketing and distribution of fine wines with an emphasis on small, boutique estates from Europe. It seeks captivating wines and serves as ambassadors, working in close partnership with each grower to develop and expand their US representation.
The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.. .
O’Neill Vintners and Distillers
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O’Neill Vintners & Distillers was founded in 2004 by Jeff O’Neill, former CEO of Golden State Vintners. The family-owned and operated winery has grown to become one of the largest varietal wine and brandy producers in California with a reputation for producing high quality wines from the North Coast, Central Coast and Central Valley.
Through its extensive vineyards and modern production facilities, O’Neill provides premium winemaking services to the industry as well as its growing portfolio of national brands and control labels.. .
Redsip
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A social platform that is bringing wine appreciation for everyone!
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Armanino
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We create a positive impact for our clients. Our purpose is clear, to be the most innovative and entrepreneurial firm that makes a positive impact on the lives of our clients, our communities and our people.
We provide key areas of service – assurance/audit, tax, consulting, risk and advisory and business management. Our technology focus and global services are key aspects of our service lines.
We primarily focus on the technology industry and have offices in California, the West and Mid-West regions of the U.S. and we have consultants on the ground at key locations across the Nation.
We provide global services in more than 100 countries through our membership in Moore – one of the world’s major accounting and consulting organizations. We have been named to IPA’s “Best of the Best” Firms in the country and Accounting Today’s “Pacesetters in Growth.” We have a vibrant company and have been consistently voted as a best place to work by Accounting Today, various Business Journals and Vault.
Our Consulting Division, offering a robust set of technology solutions and CFO driven services, has been named a top VAR in the Country in Bob Scott’s annual VAR list and named to Consulting Magazine’s “Seven Small Jewels.”. .
Flying Embers Hard Kombucha
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Flying Embers is the first better-for-you alcohol platform that delivers great tasting beverages including kombucha, craft beer, & more.
ALCHEMA
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Alchema is a smart home cider making machine that allows anyone to easily craft delicious hard cider, mead and even wine from fresh fruit right on their kitchen countertops in just two weeks. Alchema was conceived in 2014 by a team of problem solvers, big thinkers and geeks from Taiwan and around the world who all share a passion for the perfect small-batch cider.
In 2016, Alchema was selected to take part in the prestigious HAX Accelerator, the world’s first and largest hardware accelerator. The company received worldwide attention following its successful Kickstarter campaign with nearly 1000 backers who contributed more than $344,000, 430 percent of its $80,000 pledged goal, in record time.
Alchema is slated to ship in Fall 2017 at an MSRP of $499.99. Pre-orders are available now for $429 at alchema.com while supplies last..
Hello Vino
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Hello Vino uses a proprietary blend of personalization with marketing and sales automation to deliver wine recommendations to consumers buying wine in both online and offline retail environments. The Hello Vino mobile app acts as a virtual wine assistant, and is a free download on the App Store and Google Play.
The Hello Vino mobile marketing platform connects wine brands to consumers seeking assistance with wine purchase decisions. The Hello Vino subscription service facilitates e-commerce sales of wine between consumers and wine producers/retailers..
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UAV-IQ Precision Agriculture
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UAV-IQ, which stands for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Intelligence, helps growers easily and profitably adopt some of the most advanced agricultural technology. We are an AgriTech company that leverages deep experience in large-scale drone operations and precision agriculture to develop and scale solutions for growers.
The company now offers drone-based biological control (or “biocontrol”) service, a revolutionary integrated pest management (IPM) service that uses drones to efficiently release beneficial insects to control pest populations as an effective alternative to pesticides. We currently provide this service in California, and are underway in our plans to make it available in new markets in the near future.
We started off as one of the first companies authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct commercial drone operations to provide crop scouting services for California vineyards, and have since grown to the point where the platform and software we built to serve our own customers has been used by drone operators on five continents to serve local growers. UAV-IQ now stands poised to scale a groundbreaking new service after a successful first year of commercial service in California.
This initiative is drone-based biological control (“biocontrol”) service, a revolutionary integrated pest management (“IPM”) service that uses drones to efficiently release beneficial insects to control pest populations as an effective alternative to pesticides. Partnered with the world’s largest multinational company in the $3.8B agricultural biocontrol industry, we are underway in our plans to make this service available in new markets throughout the U.S.
and beyond. We have a well-balanced team with strength in critical areas.
Andreas Neuman, the CEO, was Assistant Director of Operations for the US Air Force’s first squadron operating the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), which carries the most sophisticated remote sensing equipment in operation. He has successfully led multidisciplinary teams in both his civilian and military careers and has routinely been entrusted with assets valued at over $200 million and the completion of multi-million-dollar projects.
Vie Winery
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Vie makes high quality, limited production Rhone varietal and Zinfandel based wines from many of the finest vineyards in California.
Los Altos Hills Winery
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Development of wine in barrels in caves at prestigious high visibility location creates gross revenue of $3.50 per bottle per year aged over first two years. This revenue feeds a 50% gross margin marketing model due to vineyard production sourced from much less costly regions.
Speculative gains above that base revenue will result with some vintages. With three caves planned the projected revenue is $500,000 to $2,000,000 amortized annually .
Additionally there is a built in property development margin of 35% on a $25 million building project for a lead in gain of $8.75 million . Buyer has already indicated the firm commitment of $8 million in client funding toward this construction of a primary residence on the property.
A crucial element to success is the existence of a fully funded competitive property offer that requires this plan to be fully capitalized at $25 million in about one week. Investments in this project will be secured with an undivided interest deed to a unique 2.8 acre winery property at the entrance of Los Altos Hills and immediately adjacent to the village of Los Altos..
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SVEDKA
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SVEDKA Vodka has been making its mark since it was first imported in 1998. It’s now the 2nd largest imported vodka and the #7 spirit brand in the United States*.
And its popularity keeps growing. Imported to the US from Sweden – a country that has been perfecting vodka for centuries – SVEDKA Vodka is proudly named after its country of origin.
SVEDKA is a mix of the word ‘Svenska’ (meaning ‘Swedish’) and ‘Vodka’ (derived from the Slavic word ‘voda’). As these two words are combined, SVEDKA is a name as catchy as it is clever – fitting for a brand renowned for its character, quality, and value..
Rabble Wine
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Rabble Wine is a wine brand that creates wines from the forces of nature in the vineyard. The ancient Greeks defined the four elements of nature to be water, air, earth, and fire.
Each Rabble label represents a different element of nature.. .
Noble Brewer
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Noble Brewer is a unique beer club, shipping members exclusive beers inspired by award winning amateur brewers. Craft beer lovers have access to exclusive limited release beers not available anywhere else.
Our members receive education on beer styles, proper serving temperature and glassware and learn about the amateur brewers whose beers they are drinking. With Noble Brewer, there’s a story in every beer.
We are based out of Oakland, California.. .
Duckhorn Wine Company
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Duckhorn Wine Company, Inc. produces Bordeaux varietal wines.
The company offers its products through retail stores in the United States and internationally. It also sells its products through its winery, as well as online.
The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Saint Helena, California.. .
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HALL Wines
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HALL Wines is a wine and spirits company providing hall wines and wine testing services. The company blends traditional techniques, modern technology, and a commitment to environmental responsibility to produce exceptional wines that are an expression of the terroir, from which they come.
It was founded in St. Helena, California in 2002..
K&L Wine Merchants
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K&L Wine Merchants is a wine and spirits company that offers wine news and events.
DAOU Vineyards & Winery
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DAOU Vineyards & Winery is committed to producing collectible, world-class wines to rival the most respected appellations in the world.
The Perfect Sip
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We’re a wine company inspired by our modern-day thirst for reconnection. In a hyper-connected world, we believe really special wine and the experience around it can be an opportunity to reconnect with ourselves and the ones who matter most.
We’re purveyors of the Sip Life—making space at this busy, swig-it-down pace for rich experiences that allow us to take a moment, appreciate all the good around us, and sip it all in. We’re optimists that way.
Wine glass-half-full kind of people. We’re tastemakers and curators with the wine expertise and connections to those truly special vintages you just can’t find in aisle nine.
But wine is just the starting point. We’re designers who re-imagine the sensory indulgence and learning experience of the winery and deliver it right to your feet.
We’re seasoned, make-it-happen entrepreneurs who are authorities in living for a living. It’s what we do best.
We think everyone should have access to the Sip Life—whether it’s in a box that shows up at your door, a hosted tasting in your living room, or in the perfect career. We’re pretty fun.
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SommSelect
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Online retailer of wines selected by master sommelier Ian Cauble
WineBid.com
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WineBid.com is an online platform for selling and buying wines.
Buff Bake
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Buff Bake Protein Products – Cookies, Spreads, Butters & Variety Packs.
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