Since founding the winery, the Cakebreads have been consistently recognized as one of the most creative and successful winery families in California’s famed Napa Valley.

The winery’s success has been built on the family’s commitment to quality, consistency and continuity  characteristics they believe apply equally to the grapes, the wines and the people who create Cakebread Cellars world‐class wines.  Winery Growth Cakebread Cellars’ growth from 22 to 560 acres has proceeded exactly according to Jack’s plan . . .  slowly, to ensure that they produced some of the finest Napa wines as they expanded their vintages.

As high quality grapes became more available from new acreage, production gradually grew from a mere 157 cases of Chardonnay to a range of 14 wines.  Cakebread has accumulated prime vineyards in 15 different sites, all but one in Napa Valley.  Since 1995, the winery has added to its holdings with vineyards on Napa Valley’s Howell Mountain, in Mendocino County’s cool Anderson Valley, in Napa’s Carneros region (four separate plots) and in the Suscol Springs area of southeastern Napa Valley.  By judiciously acquiring and developing land in the finest winegrowing regions, the family can better control and enhance the quality of the wines they produce.  The winery also purchases grapes from top neighboring vineyards;  and, in many cases, the Cakebreads have been doing business with these growers for more than 35 years.