Cakebread Cellars
Chardonnay every year since 1973, and a cooking school attached. Cassoulet and Cabernet runs three mornings in December, $275.
Why go
The family founded the winery in 1973 and the house states its aim plainly: wines that pair best with good food and good company.
1 The Chardonnay goes back to that first vintage.1 You can test the food claim directly, because the winery runs cooking classes with published menus and dates: tapas and paella in September, Pinot Noir and mushrooms in October, cassoulet and Cabernet in December.1 Classes start at 9:30 in the morning and cost $275.1 The plain tasting is $50.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: Classic Cakebread at $50 if you just want the wines. Midweek it seats up to fourteen.1
- Order: The Perfect Pair at $125, which is the wine-and-food format the house built its name on.1
- Avoid: bringing more than eight on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. The same tasting caps at eight those days.1
Good to know
- Booking: prepaid through Tock. The winery's own visit page returns a not-found to us, so the booking platform is the reliable read.
- Classes: eleven dates between 11 September and 19 December 2026, several already showing single-figure availability.1
- Hygiene: not established. No inspection instrument for this county is on file here.
Verdict
could-visit — Cakebread has made Chardonnay every year since 1973 and says out loud that the wines are built to sit next to food, which is a stated intent you can actually test against the cooking classes it runs. Those classes are the reason to put it in a plan: $275 for a 9:30am morning on cassoulet and Cabernet in December, or Pinot Noir and mushrooms in October, with the dates published. The tastings start at $50 and the midweek seating goes to fourteen. Nothing bylined about the wine was read this pass, which is why it sits here rather than higher.