When the team at Cakebread Cellars broke ground on Suscol Vineyard, a wild undeveloped property just south of Napa, a female mountain lion and her cubs kept watch on the process from a nearby rocky ...

In 1973 Jack and Dolores Cakebread were visiting friends in Napa Valley and mentioned they would be interested in buying their land if they ever wished to sell — to their surprise the friends called ...

I have had a long love affair with Cakebread Cellars. In my post-college years waitressing on a New England resort island, Cakebread was one of the first I recognized as “good” wine, worth the ...

When I first discovered wine in a serious way many years ago, among the things I did to fast-forward my wine knowledge was to ask wine lovers for a list of the wines that I should buy. The wines of ...

"The vineyard is where everything starts for us—it's central to how we welcome people," said Mike Jaeger, President and CEO of Cakebread Cellars. "Our new offering, in partnership with Stanly Ranch, ...

I’ve been enjoying Cakebread Cellars wines for years, especially its Napa Chardonnay, richly perfumed with golden apple, pear and citrus aromas. But I never dreamed that “Cakebread” is a family name.

Few wineries have weathered the years as well as Cakebread. When founders Jack and Dolores Cakebread released their first vintage in 1973 - a small batch of Chardonnay - the valley was hardly the ...