American Vignerons

The vigneron mindset knows no borders

The vigneron mindset knows no borders. La Cave was built in France around small growers who farm their own vines and make their own wine — no middlemen, the maker’s hand in every bottle. That same spirit is taking root in America, where a new generation of independent growers works the land themselves, lets the place speak, and bottles something honest. These American vignerons earn their place here the way our French estates do — by how they farm and how they make, not by where they happen to stand. We back them with the same direct, small-producer model: we tell their stories, we pour their wines, and we help them reach the people who will love them.

ENA Winemakers — Mendocino

Mendocino

ENA Winemakers

A grower-made Pinot Noir out of Mendocino's Mariah Vineyard, high on the Mendocino Ridge — small lots, cool-climate tension, and the same hands on the vines and in the cellar.

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Bittritesi — California

California

Bittritesi

California Chardonnay made the vigneron way: grower-grown and small-production, built around the fruit and the place rather than the cellar.

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Kenneth Raymond — Napa Valley

Napa Valley

Kenneth Raymond

A small-production Napa Valley Chardonnay from a maker who tends the vines and makes the wine — restraint over weight, place over polish.

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Wild Plum — Carneros

Carneros

Wild Plum

Andrew Wright's Carneros project — fog-cooled Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grown and made by the same hands, in one of California's classic cool-climate districts.

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The wines

American vigneron bottles

2022 Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz bottle
Santa Cruz Mountains

2022 Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz

Model Citizen - Fresh red plum, cherry cola, raspberry and blackberry. You'll love it!

$46.00
Chardonnay, California bottle
Sonoma Valley

Chardonnay, California

SONOMA VALLEY - cream soda, butter w/ crisp lemon-lime acidity tension

$40.00
Chardonnay, Carneros bottle
Carneros

Chardonnay, Carneros

Wild Plum - An extremely bright, full, intense expression of Chardonnay that reverberates with electricity.

$35.00
Chardonnay, Napa Valley bottle
Los Carneros

Chardonnay, Napa Valley

Los Carneros, KENNETH RAYMOND - Ripe citrus, soft mouthfeel with bright acidity

$95.00
Pinot Noir, Carneros bottle
Carneros

Pinot Noir, Carneros

Wild Plum - An experiment in cool Pinot fermentation. Perfumed, layered, and powerfully delicate.

$35.00
Pinot Noir, Mendocino bottle
Mendocino Ridge

Pinot Noir, Mendocino

MENDOCINO COUNTY - Pinot Noir with a French touch! Light red fruits and mouthwatering acidity

$45.00