California WineWorks is a Custom Winemaking Facility located in Bergen County, NJ. Our focus is on you, having fun, and helping you create your wine.
By paring down winemaking to its simplest form and demystifying the process, we hope to encourage a life-long interest in making wine and foster a sense of community among our winemakers.
We achieve this by Sourcing Premium Fruit, Practicing a Minimal Intervention Philosophy to deliver a balanced product, Providing all of the tools needed through the entire process.
SONOMA
Zinfandel - DONE
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec – This weekend (10/18-10/21)
NAPA
Zinfandel - DONE
Pinot Noir - DONE
Chardonnay - This grape will harvest the first week of October, but arrive in our shop toward the end of October.
Cabernet – Caldwell - Targeting fruit toward the end of October.
Cabernet – Rutherford - This weekend (10/18-10/21)
Cabernet, Merlot, Malbec and Syrah – Stagecoach Vineyard - Targeting fruit mid to end of October. More news to follow.
Cabernet Franc - Targeting harvest toward the end of October.
We are based on the California Harvest cycle so we get most of our fruit in early to mid October.
We sell 3 different quality levels of fruit. We have branded them California, Sonoma and Napa (think good, better, best).
At each quality level, we sell quarter, half and full barrels. At the Napa level we have American and French Oak options. The entire process takes about a year to complete (think October - for the Crush & Press, to the following August/September for Bottling).