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Marietta Cellars is located just
outside the little town of Geyserville in one of California's
premier wine growing regions, Sonoma County. Owner
and winemaker Chris Bilbro initially founded Marietta
Cellars in 1979 in an abandoned cow barn in the Dry
Creek Valley. Over the past 28 years, Chris has developed
a product of incredible consistency both in quality
and price with relatively complete anonymity.
The grapes are primarily from Sonoma
and Mendocino County and grown in older, dry-farmed
vineyards with limited production per acre. These
are grapes that produce wines with the maximum concentration
of fruit and complex flavors.
The initial case production for
Marietta Cellars' Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon
was only about 3,000 cases combined. Today, case production
nears 35,000. The wines currently produced are Cabernet
Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, a proprietary
blend called Old Vine Red, and two limited-quantity
special blends called Angeli Cuvée and Emilia’s
Cuvée. Occasionally, a Port is added to the line-up.
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Chris
and his boys test out
Chris's first forklift.
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Marietta Cellars continues
the tradition of family involvement. Chris' four sons
are active in winery activities at various levels…Jake,
Scot, and Sam have more recently been joined by brother
Lucas, who is now eleven. Marietta Cellars wines are
sold in the United States and Canada. Because of the
limited production and allocation of the wines, there
are no tours, tastings, or retail sales on the premises.
The wines of Marietta Cellars are
a personification of Chris Bilbro's personality, outlook
on life, and general lifestyle. Chris believes that
good wine is the perfect complement to good food and
good friends. Pleasurable pursuits such as cooking,
fishing, hunting, gardening, and entertaining add
balance to the flavor of wine, as they do to life.
PO Box 800
Geyserville, CA 95441
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