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.

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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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

Chardonnay, California bottle

Chardonnay, California

California · Sonoma Valley

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

$34.00 Member Price$40.00 Regular

Chardonnay, Carneros bottle

Chardonnay, Carneros

California · Carneros

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

$29.75 Member Price$35.00 Regular

Pinot Noir, Carneros bottle

Pinot Noir, Carneros

California · Carneros

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

$29.75 Member Price$35.00 Regular

Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz bottle

Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz

California · Santa Cruz Mountains

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

$39.10 Member Price$46.00 Regular

Syrah, California bottle

Syrah, California

California · Sonoma Valley

SONOMA VALLEY - fresh black fruits with vegetal notes

$38.25 Member Price$45.00 Regular