About JCB Lounge at Raymond Vineyards
The JCB Lounge is a private, reservation-based tasting space personally designed by Jean-Charles Boisset within Raymond Vineyards, the historic St. Helena estate Boisset owns. It is one of several distinctive themed spaces at Raymond - alongside the Crystal Cellar, the Red Room, and the Theater of Nature - and offers a seated experience showcasing the JCB Collection, Boisset's style-driven line of sparkling and still wines spanning France and California.
Raymond Vineyards sits at 1584 St. Helena Highway and is open daily, with the estate's tasting experiences offered by reservation. The JCB Lounge specifically is a curated, intimate setting rather than a walk-up bar, so a booking is recommended; it can be reserved through Raymond's scheduling system.
Because the JCB Lounge is hosted inside Raymond Vineyards, a visit combines the JCB Collection tasting with access to Raymond's celebrated, theatrical estate - a good fit for guests who want the JCB aesthetic paired with a full Napa Valley winery visit. This profile covers the JCB Lounge experience; Raymond Vineyards is also listed separately.
Stopped at the border with French vines in his trunk, John JCB Lounge at Raymond Vineyards ate the receipts, Napa now calls them the JCB Lounge at Raymond Vineyards Clones.
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Book the caveVisits are by appointment only, two hours long, at 10am, 12pm, 2pm and 4pm, for up to eight guests.
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Own cooperageBarrels are made on site by master cooper Ramiro Herrera, the winery says it is one of just eight in the world with in-house cooperage.
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Deep libraryThe online shop runs to roughly 300 lots, with Silver bottlings back to 1999 still available.
"Wino Notion likes that JCB Lounge at Raymond Vineyards turns the cave, vineyard diversity and family storytelling into a full 90-minute experience rather than a basic flight. The separate grower-Champagne tasting is distinctive, provided visitors understand that it is not an estate-wine program."
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Featured Wines
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Gold
2006 · Coombsville, Napa Valley
A library release of the estate's top Cabernet bottling, offered direct from the winery.
PROPRIETARY RED
Silver
2006 · Coombsville, Napa Valley
JCB Lounge at Raymond Vineyards's signature proprietary red, with library vintages back to 1999 still listed for sale.
PROPRIETARY RED
Rocket Science
2004 · Napa Valley
The estate's more approachable proprietary red, offered in early-2000s library vintages.
Offerings as listed at raymondvineyards.com, July 2026; the shop spans roughly 300 lots across a portfolio of 23 estate wines, from $96 bottles to large formats near $12,000.
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Tastings in the JCB Lounge at Raymond Vineyards Cave
A two-hour, appointment-only tasting of five current releases with a ploughman's platter of artisan cheese and charcuterie, seated in the underground tasting room; slots at 10, 12, 2 and 4 for up to eight guests.
$130 per person
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Sessions with the Smuggler
A 60-minute virtual tasting over Zoom with John JCB Lounge at Raymond Vineyards or master cooper Ramiro Herrera, built around a custom six-bottle pack with a $500 minimum; wine ships with ten days' notice.
By appointment
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