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Welcome to Bell Wine Cellars!
Our tasting room is open by appointment 7 days a week
from 10:30am to 4pm. Our new barrel room is complete and we are very pleased. Please contact us for an
appointment and make Bell Wine Cellars a part of your Napa Valley experience!
Wine Tasting Options
Current Release Tasting
$15.00 per person, complimentary for Carillon Club members.
This is our daily tasting that includes 4 of our currently released wines. Please allow 45 minutes to an
hour for this tasting. Limited to 10 guests.
Grape to Glass Tour
$30.00 per person, available at 11am and 2pm daily, limited to 8 people, by appointment only. We begin with a
vineyard tour and explanation of the varietals, clones, trellising, and terroir. Then we discuss
different fermentation practices and the oaks that we use, followed by a barrel tasting to see how the wine
evolves with different oak treatments. We finish with a tasting of current release and reserve wines,
paired with cheese. The tour will start promptly. Please allow 1½ to 2 hours for this tasting.
Clonal Tasting
$75.00 per person (15% discount for Carillon Club members). You will taste Cabernet sauvignon Clonal wines (Clones 4, 6, 7,
337, and our Napa Cabernet) paired with cheeses. We are currently featuring the 2005 vintage, limited to wine availability.
Please allow 1 to 1½ hours for this tasting. (Minimum of four, maximum 10 people per tasting. By special arrangement.)
Blending Seminar
Hosted at the winery twice annually. Be winemaker for a day! A comparative tasting that evaluates varietals,
appellations, barrels, and clones, letting guests experience some of the factors a winemaker balances
while creating a wine. There is a minimum purchase of 1 case (9 liters) of wine ($900.00 per case). We are happy
to bottle your blend for you in special formats. This is a great team-building event for business groups! Also
an amazing wedding gift or way to commemorate a special event in your life! Please contact the winery for more information.
This tasting is available for private appointments with a 2-case minimum purchase. Sign up for the next
Blending Seminar in May 2010!
A Choice of Two Library Tastings Clone 6 Library Tasting, our signature wine $250.00 per person
Sonnette Library Tasting, our vintage driven Bordeaux blend $75.00 per person
Minimum of three, maximum of ten guests We will taste up to four wines - to include different library vintages as well as the most recent release.
This is a great way to see how the wines you are currently cellaring are developing, as well as a walk down memory lane while we compare and contrast
the specifics of each vintage from the standpoint of rainfall, weather patterns, and harvest dates. Recent customers
have described these tastings as the perfect experience for repeat visitors to the Valley looking for something
educational and unique.
Large Group Tastings
(Available for groups of 11+)
$20.00 per person, 15% discount for Carillon Club members
This tasting includes our current release and reserve wines with a cheese pairing. Please allow 1 to
1½ hours for this tasting.
We require a credit card number for reservations and a 24 hour cancellation notice.
All reserve tasting and seminar appointments will be billed the morning of the scheduled appointment.
The Bell Wine Cellars tasting room is open 7 days a week from 10:30-4:00.
Please call us at 707-944-1673 to set up an appointment!
Not a member of the Carillon Club? Join now!
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