About Clif Family Winery
Clif Family Winery is a dedicated estate winery in prestigious St. Helena sub-appellation at the heart of Napa Valley, producing wines that reflect the character of deep alluvial soils and the warm, sheltered valley floor. Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford's St. Helena farm, winery, and food brand — the founders of Clif Bar bring the same activ. The estate's commitment to quality viticulture and site-specific winemaking has earned Clif Family Winery a respected place among the region's most consistent and genuinely food-friendly producers.
The St. Helena growing environment shapes everything Clif Family Winery produces. Deep alluvial soils and the warm, sheltered valley floor define the estate's vineyard character, contributing the structure, natural acidity, and terroir specificity that distinguish the finest wines from this appellation. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Zinfandel form the backbone of the portfolio, with each variety expressing a distinct facet of the estate's unique growing conditions. Winemaking at Clif Family Winery prioritizes transparency and balance over extraction, allowing the appellation's natural character to lead rather than winemaker intervention.
Visitors to Clif Family Winery can expect a genuine and unhurried tasting experience that reflects the estate's commitment to quality and hospitality. The tasting room provides an authentic introduction to the estate wines and the St. Helena appellation. Whether visiting for a focused flight or a deeper exploration of the estate's vineyard programs, Clif Family Winery offers the kind of direct producer experience that wine tourism in California wine country is built on — knowledgeable, welcoming, and genuinely connected to the land and the wines it produces.
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Clif Family WineryClif Family Winery is the most lifestyle-integrated and active-outdoor-spirit-driven wine estate in the Napa Valley.
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Gary Erickson andGary Erickson and Kit Crawford — who built Clif Bar from a garage kitchen experiment into one of America's most beloved and most organically committed energy bar brands — brought the same values of organic farming, active outdoor lifestyle, and genuine family commitment that created the Clif Bar brand to a St.
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Helena wine estateHelena wine estate established in 2004.
"Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford's St. Helena farm, winery, and food brand — the founders of Clif Bar bring the same activ"
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Featured Wines
Red Blend
Climber Red Blend
Napa Valley / Clif Family Estate
Clif Family's most active-lifestyle-named and broadly accessible estate expression — Climber Red Blend from organic Napa Valley and St. Helena sourcing, the most playfully named and food-first wine in the outdoor-lifestyle-brand-converted wine estate program, reflecting the same Clif Bar climbing and adventure spirit that Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford built into the world's most beloved energy bar brand.
Cabernet Sauvignon
Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley / Clif Family Estate
Clif Family's organic estate red flagship — Napa Valley Cabernet from the Main Street St. Helena organic farm and winery estate showing the warm, food-compatible character that Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford's Clif Bar-organic-conviction produces in the valley's most commercially dominant red variety with the most active-outdoor-lifestyle-brand-informed quality philosophy.
Chardonnay
Chardonnay
Napa Valley / Clif Family Estate
Clif Family's most food-first estate white — Napa Valley Chardonnay from the organic family winery and Bruschetteria farm-food St. Helena estate, produced with the same food-first, outdoor-active-lifestyle, organically committed conviction that makes Clif Family the most genuinely lifestyle-integrated wine and food destination on Main Street St. Helena.
Grenache
Grenache
Napa Valley / Clif Family Estate
Clif Family's most adventurously varietal estate expression — Napa Valley Grenache from the organic outdoor-lifestyle-brand-converted St. Helena winery showing the aromatic, food-compatible, Mediterranean-variety character that Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford's Clif Bar conviction produces in California's most Grenache-friendly warm-terrain growing conditions.
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Farm Stand & Food Truck Walk-In
Daily walk-in at the most outdoor-lifestyle-brand-spirited and food-integrated wine estate on Main Street St. Helena — Climber Red, estate Cabernet, and Grenache with Bruschetteria food truck provisions from Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford's Clif Bar-organic-conviction winery and farm. Dog-friendly, family-welcoming, picnic-encouraging. The most genuinely active-lifestyle-spirited walk-in in St. Helena.
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