About Bulldog Vineyards
Bulldog Vineyards sits on a small property at 2290 Dry Creek Road in the Oak Knoll District, where the original owner planted just under three acres of Cabernet Sauvignon in 2001. George and Maria McCuen bought the place in December 2017, moved into the farmhouse that February after escrow closed, and named the label for Thelonious, Theo, the family bulldog.
The 2.8 estate acres are planted to Cabernet Sauvignon clone 337 on 3309 rootstock, farmed sustainably with deficit irrigation, and a block of Cabernet Franc clone 214 was added in 2025. Winemaker Brian Graham works with vineyard manager Robert Jordan, and production stays tiny, about 100 cases of estate Cabernet, with other bottlings drawn from family vineyards in Napa and Sonoma.
Just under three acres of clone 337 Cabernet, a farmhouse, and a bulldog named Thelonious with top billing.
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Club members onlyThere is no public tasting room; appointments are reserved for wine-club members, per the winery's site.
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Oak Knoll fruitThe 2.8-acre estate is planted to Cabernet Sauvignon clone 337 on 3309 rootstock, with Cabernet Franc clone 214 added in 2025.
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Tiny lotsThe estate Cabernet runs about 100 cases and the Single Barrel Reserve just 25, per the winery's backgrounder.
"A genuinely tiny Oak Knoll estate, charming, dog-forward, and effectively club-members-only."
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Featured Wines
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
2022 · Oak Knoll District, Napa Valley
The house wine: clone 337 estate fruit in a roughly 100-case bottling, with both 2021 and 2022 listed as current releases.
$125
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Single Barrel Reserve
Members only · Oak Knoll District
A 25-case reserve drawn from a single barrel each vintage and reserved for club members.
$195
SAUVIGNON BLANC
THEO Sauvignon Blanc
2024 · Napa Valley
The spring release under the THEO label, sourced from family vineyards rather than the Cabernet estate.
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Current releases as listed at bulldogvineyards.com, July 2026; prices per the winery's own published backgrounder. Single Barrel Reserve is club-members-only.
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Visits to the Oak Knoll estate are by appointment and, per the winery's site, limited to wine-club members, hosted by owners George and Maria McCuen.
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