Napa Valley / Spring Mountain · Spring Mountain District AVA
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Hours
By appointment only
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Phone
(707) 963-9327
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Tasting Fee
From $25
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Reservations
Required
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Est.
1983
About Charbay Winery & Distillery
Charbay Winery & Distillery carries a portmanteau name combining elements of the founding Karakasevic family identity — the 'char' from the French charme (charm) and the 'bay' from San Francisco Bay, creating a name that declares both European charm and California bay-influenced character. Miles Karakasevic, a 13th-generation winemaker and distiller from Yugoslavia, established Charbay on Spring Mountain in 1983.
Charbay is unique in California wine culture: a winery and licensed distillery that produces both wine and artisan spirits (whiskey, vodka, rum) on the same Spring Mountain estate. The Karakasevic family's 13-generation European wine and distillation heritage gives the combined enterprise an unusually deep traditional foundation for what appears to be a California boutique estate.
The Spring Mountain estate produces Chardonnay, Zinfandel, and Port-style wines alongside artisan distilled spirits from the same estate facilities.
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Charbay Winery &Charbay Winery & Distillery carries a portmanteau name combining elements of the founding Karakasevic family identity — the 'char' from the French charme (charm) and the 'bay' from San Francisco Bay, creating a name that declares both European charm and California bay-influenced character.
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Miles Karakasevic, aMiles Karakasevic, a 13th-generation winemaker and distiller from Yugoslavia, established Charbay on Spring Mountain in 1983.
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Charbay is uniqueCharbay is unique in California wine culture: a winery and licensed distillery that produces both wine and artisan spirits (whiskey, vodka, rum) on the same Spring Mountain estate.
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Featured Wines
Chardonnay
Spring Mountain Chardonnay
Spring Mountain / Charbay Estate
Charbay's portmanteau-charm-bay-naming Spring Mountain Chardonnay — 13 generations of Karakasevic European winemaking heritage applied to Napa Valley mountain Chardonnay.
Estate
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Port-Style
Port-Style Wine
Spring Mountain / Charbay Estate
Charbay Winery's distillery-partnership Port-style — the winery-distillery combination's fortified expression from Spring Mountain Napa Valley estate production.
Appointment at the portmanteau-charm-bay-named Spring Mountain winery and distillery — Charbay Chardonnay and Port-style wine alongside artisan spirits from the Karakasevic family's 13-generation European winemaking heritage.
From $25
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