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About Cellar 13 Winery!

Cellar 13 Winery focuses on making high quality, award winning wines using fruit from only the best Vineyards. Darin Winton, the Winemaker, is one of the few Native American Winemakers in the United States.  To honor his Cherokee Heritage, Cellar 13 Winery has proudly used the Cherokee language for their 2 Bordeaux style blends - the Right Bank Bordeaux style blend is named “Aliheliga” (“Grateful” in Cherokee) and the Left Bank Bordeaux style blend is named “Tsogadu" (13 in Cherokee).  Art work featured on the back of these two labels are original works from Darin’s Uncle, Cherokee Artist, John Balloue. 

Having had a successful career in Water Services, Darin retired in 2017 and was immediately hired as the Assistant Wine Maker at 3 Steves Winery in Livermore, CA. Given the chance to learn about wine making from start to finish at 3 Steves, Darin was later afforded the opportunity to make wine under his own label. While Darin does the Winemaking, Gail Henderson runs the operations and marketing side of Cellar 13 Winery.  Together, they have created a Winery that embodies the best of their passions and talents.

You can read more about Darin and his Uncle, John Balloue, in this featured article from Cherokee Nation:  CherokeePhoenix.org  

To View more Original Cherokee Artwork by John Balloue visit here:  www.JohnBalloue.com

Wine making is our passion and we hope to share that passion and fun with you! You can purchase C13 Wines here. Please contact us at Cellar13Winery@gmail.com if you have any questions about our products.

 

 

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Cellar 13 Winery Current Releases

Come sip, socialize and create with Swirl On The Square and Cellar 13 Winery!  Wednesday, Dec 11th - 6:30 - 8:30pm. 

Join us for a wine glass painting class and create a memory to take home!  Bring your friends for a fun night of socializing - $35.00 includes a glass of Cellar 13 Winery wine, paint supplies and an instructor led class on how to a paint your wine glass that you can take home.  Food will also be available to purchase.  We hope you can make it - limited number of seats are available so don't wait on this one...

Tickets are non-refundable but are transferable.

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SKU: Wine Glass Painting Class @ Swirl
 

In honor of Native American Heritage Month we are offering a special discounted bundle with all 3 Bottles of our award winning Bordeaux Style Blends that use the Cherokee Native langauge.  Wine Club Members will receive and additional 20% off the discounted price.

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$105.00
 
SKU: Cherokee Special
 

Cellar 13 Winery is proud to present our 4th Vintage of Chardonnay - the 2023 Chardonnay from Livermore Valley.

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$33.00
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SKU: 2023 Chardonnay
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$396.00
/ Case of 12
 
 

Introducting the first vintage of Cellar 13 Winery's White Bordeaux Style Blend - the 2023 Sidanelv is a blend of Albariño and Sauvignon Blanc from the Livermore AVA.  Continuing with the tradition of naming our Bordeaux Style Blends after our winemaker's Cherokee heritage, Sidanelv (pronounced SI- DAH - NEY - LA)  means "family" in Cherokee.

 

 

This a "First in Line" Wine Club Member Exclusive Wine.
 
 

2023 is our very first vintage of Sauvignon Blanc, and we absolutley love it!  Taking this wine to the next level, Darin, our Winemaker, produced a blend of stainless steel and barrel aged Sauvignon Blanc.  The result is a wine that is fruit forward and refreshing with balanced acidity.  This Sauvignon Blanc is sure to be a crowd pleaser at those family gatherings. 

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SKU: 2023 Sauvignon Blanc
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$348.00
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Our 2023 Albariño is crisp and bright with aromatic notes of stone fruits and honeysuckle.  This wine pairs well with seafood, paella and fatty cheeses.  Following in the footsteps of our 2021 Albariño, it is expected to sell out quickly.

 

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SKU: 2023 Albariño
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$348.00
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Double Gold Medal Winner 97 points - 2023 Sunset International Wine Competition. Double Gold Medal Winner - 2024 Orange County Wine Competition -Top 1% of all wines in OC Competition. Gold Meda Winner-  2023 SF Chronicle International Wine Competition.

 

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SKU: 2019CabernetSauvignon
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$540.00
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2018 hand harvested Livermore Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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SKU: 2018CabernetSauvignon
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$540.00
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2023 Best in Class & Gold Medal Winner - Best Bordeaux Blend in Livermore -  Livermore Valley Uncorked Wine Competition.  2022 SF Chronicle Wine Competition - Gold Medal Winner! 

Aliheliga is a Right Bank Bordeaux Blend with a soft, lengthy, balanced mouth feel. 

 
 

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$45.00
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SKU: 2019 Aliheliga
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$540.00
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Cellar 13 Winery proudly presents our very first Bordeaux Style Blend!  Tsogadu (Thirteen in the Cherokee Language) is a tribute to our Winemaker's lineage.  Darin Winton's uncle, John Balloue, is a well known Cherokee Artist and his art work is featured on our label!  We are proud to present this award winning wine to our friends and family!  Gold Medal Winner - 2021 SF Chronicle Wine Competition.

 

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SKU: 2018 Tsogadu
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$540.00
/ Case of 12
 
 

SOLD OUT!  DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL WINNER -  2023 SF CHRONICLE WINE COMPETITION. 

Cellar 13 Winery is proud to present our very first vintage of Cabernet Franc.  When you start with excellent fruit, the rest will follow!

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SOLD OUT! 2021 BEST IN CLASS, Livermore Valley Uncorked Wine Competition AND GOLD MEDAL WINNER at the 2021 SF Chronicle Wine Competition!

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SKU: 2019Chardonnay
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$348.00
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GOLD MEDAL Winner at 2023 Sunset Internationl Wine Competition.  94 points. 

If you're currently not a Chardonnay drinker, you just might be after you try this extremely well balanced, small lot, hand produced Chardonnay.

CLUB MEMBER EXCLUSIVE PURCHASE
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SOLD OUT - 2020 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition- Gold Winner!

Bordeux Style Blend!  Tsogadu (Thirteen in the Cherokee Language) is a tribute to our Winemaker's lineage.  Darin Winton's uncle, John Balloue, is a well known Cherokee Artist and his art work is featured on our label! 
 

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2021 Silver Medal Winner - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition!

Our 2017 hand harvested Merlot is an award winning wine.

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About Cellar 13

Living the dream!  Cellar 13 Wines were created to live life to its fullest, to share with family and friends and create memories that will last a lifetime.