11 Facts About Colgin Cellars

Colgin Cellars is a winery in Napa Valley, California founded in 1992.

Since 1992, Colgin Cellars has embraced the ideal of crafting wines of harmony, grace, and precision from exceptional hillside vineyards in the heart of the Napa Valley.

Herb Lamb: Placing great importance on hillside vineyards, Colgin Cellars began sourcing fruit from the Herb Lamb vineyard in the foothills of Howell Mountain, producing wines from this site from the 1992 to 2007 vintages.

Cariad: From the undulating western hillsides of Saint Helena, Colgin produces a wine called “Cariad” from the 1999 vintage onwards.

IX Estate: In 1998, Colgin Cellars purchased a 125-acre parcel in the Pritchard Hill area overlooking Lake Hennessey and named the property IX Estate.

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The only American wine label to be part of their Vins d'Exception Group, Colgin Cellars is included with Chateau Cheval Blanc, Chateau d'Yquem, and Domaine du Clos des Lambrays.

Colgin Cellars has received the coveted rating of 100-points from The Wine Advocate for 21 wines since its founding in 1992.

The uncommon story of Colgin Cellars achieving cult status has been detailed in the Wall Street Journal by Jay McInerney, the Financial Times, Robb Report, and numerous other publications.

Ann Colgin, founder of Colgin Cellars, is an art collector and avid philanthropist, spending the first chapter of her career in the art auction world in New York, before becoming the Director of Sotheby's West Coast Wine Department in the 1990s.

Colgin Cellars is a founding vintner and Honorary Trustee of the Naples Winter Wine Festival, helping to bring in more than $191 million for at-risk and underprivileged children.

Colgin Cellars then returned to the US, joining Far Niente winery first as an enologist, then as assistant winemaker for five years.