R&B Cellars
About
R&B Cellars, wine-making is a passion. The belief is strong to create the best possible wine at all price points. Each wine, each new vintage requires its own interpretation. R&B Cellars, an exciting urban winery with passion and fun. At R&B Cellars, we believe that wine-making is as influential and powerful as music. It should be inspiring, full of passion, and have the ability to bring people together, to celebrate life, happiness, and community.
Location Description
Location in the Port of Richmond in Point Richmond in the East Bay of San Francisco, California.
Features
- An exciting urban winery with passion and fun.
Additional Information
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Average Bottle Price
Winemaker
An accomplished jazz musician hailing from Manhattan, Kevin's love of wine brought him into the industry where he successfully grew such brands as Rosenblum Cellars, Marques de Murrietta and Codorinu. In 1990, Kevin created California Classics, a New Hampshire-based distribution and marketing firm that helped bring Rosenblum Cellars from 7,000 to 130,000 cases annually.
In 2004, seeing a nitch in the marketplace for value-oriented wines of high quality, he and his wife Barbara moved from the east coast to California and expanded the breadth and scope of the winery to include several new varietals to the brand. R&B Cellars now has twelve different wines and distributes throughout the US and exports to several countries around the world.
barbara brown
Barbara is managing partner and assistant wine maker for R&B Cellars, as well as director of advertising and PR. Both Barbara and Kevin work the wholesale marketplace and industry tasting events. Barbara maintains the website and plans and coordinates winery events. The husband and wife team often travel together doing winemaker dinners and wine tasting events where the two perform jazz standards together, blending their passions of wine and music. Kevin plays piano and Barbara sings.
Prior to 2004, Barbara lived in New York City. She was an accomplished flutist, music educator and choral director. She and Kevin sing with the San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir. Her artistic talents also include making jewelry and in her limited free time, Barbara enjoys working in the metal clay medium and runs her own artisan jewelry company, Barbara Brown Designs. Currently she works on commission base only. Please visit her website Barbara Brown Designs.
Practices & Techniques
Today, R&B Cellars has expanded to include many different varietals, including a delicious and incredibly popular red blend called The Improviser. Seeing a need in the marketplace for high quality wines that are value-oriented, R&B Cellars is known for producing finely crafted, beautifully balanced wines, several of them under $20, and all of them garnering great critical acclaim, awards and accolades. The winery now produces 15,000 cases annually. It begs to ask the question: If this $17 Improviser tastes so good, how good must the $35 wine be? And what about that $50 Reserve Cabernet? Try them. Find out.
r&b cellars' export business
R&B has gone global!! In addition to an expanding domestic market, R&B has exported to Hong Kong and Thailand for close to three years. Since January of 2013 they have added an extensive exporting business to Mainland China, and to nine countries in Africa.
Awards
Double Gold Medal - 2012 Tasters Guild Consumers’ Wine Judging
Platinum Medal - 2013 Consumer Wine Awards International Competition
Chairman's Gold Medal (Double Gold) - 2013 Riverside International Wine Competition
Gold Medal, 94 Points, "Top 10 Red Wine $20 and Under" - 2013 Beverage Testing Institute World Value Wine Competition
Gold Medal - 2014 Tasters Guild International Wine Competition
Gold Medal — 2014 Consumer Wine Awards at Lodi
Gold Medal — 2014 Orange County Commercial Wine Competition
Silver Medal - 2014 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
2014 sauvignon blanc
New Release
2012 sauvignon blanc
Silver Medal - 2014 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Silver Medal — 2014 CA State Fair Wine Competition
Silver Medal — 2014 Los Angeles International Wine Competition
Silver Medal — 2014 Alameda County Wine Competition
Bronze Medal - 2014 Orange County Fair Commercial Wine Competititon
Bronze Medal - 2014 Consumer Wine Awards at Lodi
2012 sarabande chardonnay
Silver Medal - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Silver Medal - Consumer Wine Awards International Wine Competition
Silver Medal — Tasters Guild International Wine Competition
Silver Medal - Los Angeles International Wine Competition
History:
Gold Medal - Tasters Guild International Wine Competition - (2011 vintage)
2013 sarabande chardonnay
New Release!
2012 swingsville zinfandel
Gold Medal - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Gold Medal / 94 Points / "Top 10 Red Wine $20 and Under" - World Value Wine Challenge
Silver Medal - Tasters Guild Consumer Wine Awards
2014 swingsville zinfandel
2010 zydeco zinfandel
95 Points - Just Wine Points (2012)
Gold Medal - 2012 Critics Challenge International Wine Competition
Gold Medal - 2013 Tasters Guild International Wine Competition
Gold Medal - 2014 Consumer Wine Awards International Wine Competition
Gold Medal - 2014 Consumer Wine Awards at Lodi
2012 zydeco zinfandel
New Release!
2009 zydeco zinfandel
94 Points - Just Wine Points
Double Gold Medal - Tasters Guild Consumer Wine Judging
Gold Medal - Consumer Wine Awards
Gold Medal - NextGen Millennial Wine Competition
Gold Medal - Tasters Guild International Wine Competition
Silver Medal - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
2011 allegrezza zinfandel
Gold Medal, 90 Points - BTI, World Wide Championships (Read Review)
Gold Medal - 2014 Tasters Guild Consumer Wine Awards
Bronze Medal - 2014 International Wine Channel TV Awards
2010 allegrezza zinfandel
Gold Medal — 2014 Tasters Guild International Wine Competition
Silver Medal - 2014 Tasters Guild Consumer Wine Awards
Bronze Medal - 2013 Riverside International Wine Competition
Bronze Medal - 2014 Consumer Wine Awards at Lodi
2009 pizzicato petite sirah
Double Gold Medal - Affairs of the Vine Rhone Shoot-Out
Gold Medal - Tasters Guild Consumer Wine Awards
Gold Medal - Winemakers Challenge International Wine Competition
Gold Medal - FL State Fair Wine Competition
2010 minuet in merlot
Gold Medal - Tasters Guild Consumer Wine Awards
Silver Medal - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Silver Medal - Tasters Guild International Wine Competition
Silver Medal - Critics Challenge
Bronze Medal - 2014 Consumer Wine Awards at Lodi
2009 minuet in merlot
Silver Medals from the Florida State Fair Wine Competition and the San Antonio International Wine Competition.
2011 saxy syrah
Gold Medal - 2014 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Silver Medal — 2014 Tasters Guild International Wine Competition
Silver Medal — 2014 CA State Fair Wine Competition
Silver Medal - 2014 Los Angeles International Wine Competition
Bronze Medal - 2014 Consumer Wine Awards at Lodi
2009 cabernet sauvignon
Gold Medal, 93 Points - BTI's World Wine Championships (Read review)
2008 cabernet sauvignon
Double Gold Medal - 2013 Tasters Guild Consumer Wine Awards
Gold Medal - 2013 Tasters Guild International Wine Competition
Gold Medal - 2014 Affairs of the Vine Cabernet Shoot-Out
Gold Medal - 2014 Consumer Wine Awards at Lodi
Silver Medal - 2014 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Silver Medal - 2013 Riverside International Wine Competition
Silver Medal - 2014 Los Angeles International Wine Competition
2007 cabernet sauvignon
Just Wine Points - 90 Points
Gold Medal - Tasters Guild International Wine Competition
Gold Medals - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (2013)(2012)
Gold Medals - Tasters Guild Consumer Wine Awards
Gold Medal, 90 Points - Affairs of the Vine Cabernet Shoot-Out
Gold Medal - Consumer Wine Awards International Competition
2006 cabernet sauvignon
2012 Taste TV People's Choice Cabernet Award
Just Wine Points - 90 Points
Gold Medal - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (2011)
Gold Medal - Tasters Guild International Wine Competition
Gold Medal - Critics Challenge International Competition
Gold Medal - Florida State Fair Wine Competition
2005 cabernet sauvignon
Triple Gold Medal "Best of Class" "Judges Choice - 2010 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Double Gold Medal - Tasters Guild Consumer Wine Awards
Platinum Medal - Critics Challenge International Wine Competition
Top Honors Gold Medal / 94 Points - Denver International Wine Competition
Distinguished Gold Medal - Lodi International Wine Competition
Gold Medal - Dallas Morning News Wine Compeititon
Gold Medal - Affairs of the Vine Cabernet Shoot-Out
methode champenoise
Gold Medal - Orange County Commercial Wine Competition
97 Points - Just Wine Points
Silver Medal - Sunset Magazine International Wine Competition
Silver Medal - Consumer Wine Awards International Judging
Silver Medal - Tasters Guild International Wine Competition
Silver Medal - Critics Challenge International Wine Competition
fortissimo port
Gold Medal - Tasters Guild International Wine Competition
Gold Medal - Critics Challenge International Wine Competition
Gold Medal, "Best in Class" - CA State Fair Wine Competition
Gold Medal - San Francisco International Wine Competition