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.

NEWS FROM THE VINEYARDS

The 2019 vintage continues to move at a rapid pace.  We are seeing Flowering and some Fruit Set.  For details on the weather, click HERE.

It was so nice to see everyone who was able to attend the Open House event.  We gathered, from the enthusiasm, that you are as positive about the 2019 Vintage as we are.

 For those of you who were not able to stop by and taste, rest assured that we are tending to your wine and, when it again makes sense to have a tasting event, we will sort that out. 

Lastly, and most importantly, we wish everyone health and safety during this trying time.

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).