Abreu
Abreu Vineyards is a Cult winery located in Napa Valley, California, founded by renowned viticulturist David Abreu in 1986. Abreu produces several highly acclaimed wines primarily from Cabernet Sauvignon but also includes other Bordeaux varieties such as Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Malbec.
Araujo
Eisele Vineyard (formerly Araujo Estate) operates a boutique 38-acre vineyard in Calistoga, northern Napa Valley, focusing primarily on Cabernet Sauvignon grown in well-draining, rocky alluvial soils that have produced exceptional fruit since the 1880s. The estate embraces biodynamic and organic farming practices, employing meticulous production methods from hand harvesting to French oak aging that showcase the vineyard's singular character through limited production wines that have achieved cult status among collectors.
Arnaud Ente
Arnaud Ente is a well-respected winemaker in Burgundy's Meursault region, renowned for microproduced white wines of exceptional quality. With meticulous attention to viticulture and a minimalist approach in the cellar, the winery crafts Chardonnays that are highly sought after for their precision, balance, and depth.
Aubert
Aubert produces some of California's most sought-after Chardonnays, with vineyards in Sonoma Coast and Napa Valley, making wines known for their intensity and precision since the late 1990s.
Benjamin Romeo
Former Artadi winemaker Benjamin Romeo founded Bodega Contador in Rioja's San Vicente de la Sonsierra in 1999, where he manages 42 hectares across 62 high-altitude parcels focused on Tempranillo-based wines from calcareous clay soils. The estate combines traditional methods with modern precision through its gravity-flow winery and parcel-specific vinification, aging wines exclusively in French oak for 14-20 months.
Bernard Dugat-Py
Bernard Dugat-Py is a traditionalist in Gevrey-Chambertin, Burgundy, producing some of the most powerful and long-lived wines in the region, with a focus on low yields and old vines.
Bevan Cellars
Bevan Cellars is a boutique Napa Valley producer founded in 2005, focusing on small-lot Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from select vineyards across Napa and Sonoma, including the Tench and Sugarloaf Mountain sites. The winery employs temperature-controlled fermentation tanks and French oak aging, with separate lot vinification maintaining the distinct characteristics of each vineyard source.
Bibi Graetz
Bibi Graetz is an artist-turned-winemaker producing Sangiovese-focused Tuscan wines from carefully selected old hillside vineyards throughout the Chianti region and the island of Giglio. His artistic sensibility shapes his winemaking approach, creating complex blends outside traditional classification systems while employing non-interventionist methods that have earned his limited-production wines cult status among collectors seeking distinctive, terroir-driven expressions.
Bizot, Domaine
Domaine Bizot is a small, cult-status Burgundy producer located in Vosne-Romanée, Côte de Nuits, known for its minimal interventionist approach to winemaking. Founded by Jean-Yves Bizot, a former professor of oenology, the domaine spans just 3.5 hectares, producing highly sought-after Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in limited quantities.
Boerl & Kroff
Boerl & Kroff is a micro-production Champagne house established in 1995 by Michel Drappier and Patrick Sabaté, producing exclusively vintage Champagnes from selectively sourced grapes across premier Champagne growing areas. Their cult status stems from extremely limited production (under 3,000 bottles per vintage), extraordinary aging protocols with at least a decade on lees, and a philosophy that prioritizes wine development over market demands, resulting in individually numbered bottles of remarkable complexity.
Bryant
Bryant Family Vineyard, located in Napa Valley, California, is a Cult winery that specializes in world-class Cabernet Sauvignon. Located on Pritchard Hill, the vineyard benefits from a unique terroir that contributes to the distinctiveness of its wines. Known for its limited-production, Bryant Family Vineyard has indeed established a reputation for producing some of the most highly sought-after wines in the region, crafted with meticulous attention to quality and detail.
Cappellano
Cappellano is a historic family-owned Piedmontese estate in Serralunga d'Alba, producing limited quantities of structured Barolo from their prized Gabutti cru vineyards, where calcareous clay soils shape their distinctive Nebbiolo expressions. The winery maintains staunchly traditional methods—employing long macerations and large Slavonian oak aging—while their principled stance against wine scoring systems has paradoxically enhanced their cult status among collectors seeking authentic connections to Piedmont's winemaking heritage.
Carnasciale, Podere il
Il Carnasciale, a boutique winery located in Tuscany, Italy, is famed for its unique and pioneering focus on the Caberlot grape, a rare varietal that combines the best characteristics of Cabernet Franc and Merlot. This winery is the only producer in the world to cultivate Caberlot, which was discovered as a spontaneous vine mutation in the early 1960s and has been carefully propagated and nurtured by the estate.
Cayuse
Cayuse is a 60-acre estate in Walla Walla Valley AVA founded by French vigneron Christophe Baron in 1997, producing Rhône-variety wines from five distinct vineyards marked by stone-strewn soils at 850-1000 feet elevation. The estate operates under biodynamic certification with traditional French methods including high-density planting, horse plowing, and minimal intervention winemaking, creating wines that consistently sell out through their allocation list.
Cecile Tremblay, Domaine
Cécile Tremblay operates a boutique 4-hectare domaine in Morey-Saint-Denis, producing Pinot Noir from prime Côte de Nuits parcels including Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru, Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, and Vosne-Romanée. Since establishing the domaine in 2003, she has earned recognition through traditional methods like horse-plowing and organic farming, along with a hands-on approach that emphasizes each site's distinct terroir expression.
Cedric Bouchard
Cedric Bouchard operates his tiny 2.5-hectare Roses de Jeanne estate in Champagne's Côte des Bar, crafting primarily Pinot Noir-based Champagnes from Kimmeridgian limestone soils similar to those found in Chablis. His revolutionary approach includes single-vineyard, single-variety, single-vintage bottlings produced with dramatically reduced yields, indigenous yeasts, lower pressure, and no blending—creating terroir-focused wines that have redefined possibilities within the traditionally blend-oriented region.
Chris Ringland
Chris Ringland, an influential winemaker in Australia's Barossa Valley, is renowned for his Shiraz, producing some of the most intensely flavored and meticulously crafted wines in the region.
Claude Dugat
Claude Dugat, a small but highly respected producer in Gevrey-Chambertin, Burgundy, is known for Pinot Noirs that are the epitome of power and finesse, with significant aging potential.
Colgin Cellars
Colgin Cellars, nestled in the heart of Napa Valley, California, was founded by Ann Colgin in 1992. This Cult winery specializes in producing premium, limited-production Cabernet Sauvignon blends that reflect the unique characteristics of their estate vineyards. Beyond Cabernet Sauvignon, Colgin is also known for crafting exceptional red wines, including Syrah and Bordeaux-style blends.
Connivence, Chateau La
Château La Connivence is a boutique Pomerol estate spanning just one hectare of clay-rich and gravelly soils, producing a single Merlot-dominant wine through the collaborative efforts of the Moueix and Durantou families. Their deliberately limited production of 3,000-4,000 bottles annually combines traditional Bordeaux methods with modern precision, creating a scarce and exceptional expression that has quietly developed a devoted following without marketing or deliberate positioning.
Continuum
Continuum Estate, founded by Tim Mondavi and family in Napa Valley, California, is committed to producing world-class, terroir-driven Bordeaux-style blends.
Dalla Valle
Dalla Valle is a family-owned cult producer crafting limited Bordeaux-style wines from their 20-25 acre eastern Oakville hillside estate, where red volcanic soils and optimal western exposure create ideal conditions for their Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc vineyards. Their flagship Maya blend and estate Cabernet Sauvignon undergo meticulous hand-harvesting and extended French oak aging, with production deliberately constrained to under 3,000 cases annually, ensuring the exclusivity that has earned them perfect scores from major critics.
Dana Estates
Dana Estates is a boutique winery located in Napa Valley, California, specializing in high-quality Cabernet Sauvignon. Founded in 2005, the winery focuses on producing limited quantities of terroir-driven wines that showcase the distinct characteristics of their vineyards.
David Leclapart
David Leclapart operates a tiny 3-hectare biodynamic estate in Trépail (Montagne de Reims), crafting primarily Chardonnay-based Champagnes from chalky, clay-rich soils that impart distinctive minerality to his limited 10,000-bottle production. His zero-dosage wines express terroir through meticulous practices including indigenous yeast fermentation in oak, adherence to lunar calendars, horse plowing, and hand-riddling, establishing him as a sought-after producer among Champagne enthusiasts seeking authentic, minimal-intervention expressions.
Denis Bachelet, Domaine
Denis Bachelet is a fourth-generation family producer in Gevrey-Chambertin, Burgundy, crafting Pinot Noir from 4 hectares of holdings, including Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru and Gevrey-Chambertin Les Corbeaux Premier Cru parcels with 80+ year-old vines. The domaine maintains traditional methods with hand harvesting, careful grape selection, and small oak barrel vinification while keeping production volumes intentionally low.
Eisele Vineyard
Eisele Vineyard, owned by Artémis Domaines since 2013, crafts Cabernet Sauvignon-focused wines from its 38-acre estate in northern Napa Valley, where volcanic and alluvial soils create optimal growing conditions. The biodynamically-certified property maintains small production volumes through minimal-intervention winemaking, utilizing gravity flow systems and French oak aging to produce consistently collectible wines.
Enemigo (Aleanna), El
El Enemigo, also known as Aleanna, is a collaboration between Adrianna Catena and Alejandro Vigil in Argentina. Since 2007, they have been making innovative wines that include a unique co-fermentation of Malbec and Cabernet Franc, known for their complexity and intensity.
Fonsalette, Chateau de
Château de Fonsalette is a 12-hectare Côtes du Rhône estate near Lagarde-Paréol, owned by Emmanuel Reynaud of the Château Rayas family, producing distinctive Syrah-dominant reds, Clairette whites, and Cinsault rosés from sandy soils with limestone subsoils. The estate's unconventional emphasis on Syrah in the Southern Rhône, combined with traditional concrete fermentation, aging in old foudres, and the patient Reynaud approach to extended maturation, has established Fonsalette as a sought-after cult property that transcends its regional classification.
Gantenbein
Gantenbein is a boutique family estate in Fläsch, Switzerland, where Daniel and Martha Gantenbein manage 6 hectares of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vineyards on limestone-rich, south-facing Alpine slopes. Their gravity-flow winery, built in 2006 with its distinctive robotic-laid brick facade, enables precise temperature control and minimal intervention winemaking, producing wines that rank among Switzerland's most acclaimed.
Georges Laval
Georges Laval is a small family-owned Champagne producer operating from 2.5 hectares of Premier Cru vineyards in Cumières, where chalky-clay soils with limestone create structured, terroir-expressive wines from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Meunier. Their pioneering commitment to organic viticulture since 1971, combined with traditional cellar practices including barrel fermentation, minimal sulfur use, and extended lees aging, has established them as one of Champagne's most sought-after artisanal producers with annual production limited to just 15,000 bottles.
Ghost Horse Vineyards
Ghost Horse Vineyards is a limited production Cult winery located in Walla Walla, Washington. Founded by winemaker Todd Anderson in the late 90s, Ghost Horse produces five distinct Cabernets that reflect the various terroir of the vineyard and have winemaking techniques applied that are unique to each wine.
Giodo
Giodo is a boutique 2.5-hectare Montalcino estate founded in 2002 by consulting enologist Carlo Ferrini, producing Brunello di Montalcino from Sangiovese vineyards positioned at 300-350 meters on Sant'Angelo in Colle's southwestern slopes. The intimate operation combines traditional methods with modern precision, featuring hand harvesting, meticulous grape selection, and temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel before aging in French oak.
Grace Family Vineyards
Grace Family Vineyards operates from a tiny three-acre estate in St. Helena, Napa Valley, producing extremely limited Cabernet Sauvignon from gravelly loam soils on western benchland vineyards. Their pioneering garage wine approach features meticulous berry-by-berry sorting, native yeast fermentation, and extended aging in French oak, with production rarely exceeding 500 cases annually across just two wines.
Grange des Peres, Domaine de la
Domaine de la Grange des Pères is a small 10-hectare estate in Languedoc's limestone hills near Aniane, established in 1989 by Laurent Vaillé, producing approximately 2,000 cases annually of red blends (Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cabernet Sauvignon) and white blends (Roussanne, Marsanne, Chardonnay). Vaillé's meticulous approach includes extremely low yields, extended barrel aging, and a willingness to declassify vintages when necessary—creating wines of such extraordinary quality that they've achieved cult status despite carrying only humble IGP designations.
Guillaume Selosse
Guillaume Selosse leads this third-generation Champagne producer based in the Côte des Blancs, focusing on Chardonnay from grand cru sites in Avize, Cramant, and Oger's chalky soils. Operating both the family's Domaine Jacques Selosse and his own Guillaume S. label since 2018, he maintains their distinctive house style while advancing the cult status established by his father Anselme's revolutionary approach.
Herb Lamb Vineyards
Herb Lamb Vineyards is a small family-owned estate operating 7-8 acres of primarily Cabernet Sauvignon on the eastern slopes of Howell Mountain, where northeastern-facing hillsides with rocky volcanic soils create ideal growing conditions between 600-800 feet elevation. The estate transitioned from supplying premium fruit to Colgin Cellars and other top producers to creating their own limited-production wines, maintaining their cult status through site-specific winemaking and an unwavering focus on expressing their distinctive hillside terroir.
Horsepower
Horsepower Vineyards is a boutique Walla Walla Valley producer founded in 2008 by French vigneron Christophe Baron, operating three small vineyards in the region's distinctive cobblestone soils and focusing primarily on Rhône varieties, particularly Syrah and Grenache. The estate exclusively uses draft horses for vineyard work, combining biodynamic farming practices with traditional French viticultural methods to produce extremely limited quantities of wines from their high-density, gobelet-trained vines.
Hundred Acre
Founded by Jayson Woodbridge in 2000, Hundred Acre is a Cult winery located in Napa Valley, California. It specializes in producing ultra-premium, limited-production Cabernet Sauvignon wines from single-vineyard sources. Hundred Acre is renowned for its meticulous winemaking practices and the exceptional quality of its wines, which have garnered high ratings and a loyal following among wine enthusiasts. Each vineyard and block used by Hundred Acre is carefully selected for its unique microclimate and soil composition, ensuring distinctive, expressive wines.
Jerome Prevost
Jérôme Prévost operates a micro-estate in Gueux within Champagne's Montagne de Reims, producing around 10,000 bottles annually from his 2.2-hectare Les Béguines vineyard of old-vine Pinot Meunier planted in chalky-clay soils. His single-vintage, zero-dosage Champagnes ferment with indigenous yeasts exclusively in oak barrels, undergo full malolactic fermentation, and remain unfined and unfiltered, creating terroir-driven expressions that have earned cult status among collectors.
Jonata
Jonata, based in California's Santa Ynez Valley, is known for its diverse range of varietals, particularly Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon, that are complex, concentrated, and reflective of the estate’s commitment to sustainable viticulture.
Joseph Roty, Domaine
Domaine Joseph Roty is a discreet family estate dating to 1710, operating across 10-15 hectares in Gevrey-Chambertin, producing powerful, age-worthy Pinot Noir wines from exceptional terroirs including their prized Charmes-Chambertin Très Vieilles Vignes from remarkably old vines. The domaine maintains traditional winemaking methods including whole cluster fermentation and extended oak aging, while their intensely private approach and limited production have created a cult following among collectors who treasure their authentic, terroir-driven expressions.
Kapcsandy Family Winery
Kapcsandy Family Winery, located in Napa Valley, California, is a boutique winery known for its limited-production, high-quality Bordeaux-style blends.
Kongsgaard
Kongsgaard is a small family-owned Napa Valley winery producing just 2,500 cases annually, focusing primarily on Chardonnay from their 10-acre high-elevation Atlas Peak vineyard where volcanic soils and mature vines create concentrated fruit. Their distinctive winemaking approach includes extended barrel aging of up to 22 months without racking, native yeast fermentations, and a patient, minimal-intervention philosophy that has earned them cult status among collectors seeking their limited, terroir-driven wines.
Kosta Browne
Kosta Browne produces Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from coastal California vineyards, focusing on fog-influenced sites in Sonoma Coast and Russian River Valley through established grower partnerships. Their small-lot winemaking incorporates optical sorting technology, cold-soak protocols, and French oak aging programs in temperature-controlled facilities.
Kusuda
Kusuda Wines in Martinborough, New Zealand, is noted for its meticulous Syrah, Pinot Noir, and Riesling, which are crafted in limited quantities with an emphasis on quality and attention to detail.
L'Aventure
L'Aventure is a family-owned estate in Paso Robles' Willow Creek District, where founder Stephan Asseo cultivates 58 acres of predominantly Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Petit Verdot on limestone-rich hillside vineyards at 1,300-1,900 feet elevation. The winery combines French winemaking traditions with California terroir expression through high-density plantings, hand harvesting, and gravity-flow production methods, producing limited quantities of Rhône-Bordeaux blends.
Lamy-Caillat
Lamy-Caillat is a micro-domaine established in 2018 by Sébastien Caillat and Séverine Lamy in Saint-Aubin, focusing exclusively on Chardonnay from limestone-rich premier cru sites at 250-350 meters elevation. Their meticulous vineyard management, whole-cluster pressing, and judicious oak aging have quickly elevated their limited-production wines to cult status among Burgundy collectors, with bottles allocated before they're even bottled.
Liber Pater
Liber Pater is a 7-hectare micro-estate in Graves' Landiras commune founded in 2006 by Loïc Pasquet, who produces extremely limited Bordeaux wines from pre-phylloxera varieties grown in sandy, gravelly soils with iron-rich alios deposits. Pasquet's radical approach includes ungrafted vines at 20,000 plants per hectare, horse plowing, minimal intervention winemaking, and extraordinarily low yields resulting in wines that command some of the world's highest prices, with the 2019 vintage released at €30,000 per bottle.
Lokoya
Lokoya, established in 1995 by Jackson Family Wines, crafts single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon from four Napa Valley mountain sites between 1,700-2,200 feet elevation, producing fewer than 2,500 cases annually. The winery employs native yeast fermentations and gravity-flow systems, aging their mountain-grown wines for 18-22 months in new French oak.
Lucien Le Moine
Lucien Le Moine is a micro-négociant founded in 1999 by Mounir and Rotem Saouma in Burgundy, focusing exclusively on Premier and Grand Cru Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from meticulously selected vineyard sections across the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune. Their distinctive winemaking approach features extended lees aging (18-24 months), 100% new oak, minimal intervention with no fining or filtering, and limited racking, resulting in extremely limited allocations that have earned them cult status among collectors.
Marcassin
Marcassin Vineyard is a Cult winery situated in Sonoma County, California. Founded by Helen Turley and John Wetlaufer in 1991, Marcassin is renowned for producing exceptionally high-quality Chardonnay and Pinot Noir wines. The winery is notable for its meticulous vineyard management and limited production, often yielding fewer than 2,500 cases per year, which contributes to its exclusivity and highly sought-after releases.
Marie et Pierre Benetiere, Domaine
Marie et Pierre Benetiere is a small-scale producer in the Northern Rhône, known for Condrieu and Côte-Rôtie wines that are expressive and mineral-driven.
Maybach
Maybach Family Vineyards, established in 2004 in Napa Valley, is a boutique producer focused on Cabernet Sauvignon from their Mount Veeder Weitz Vineyard and Calistoga Amoenus Vineyard, both characterized by volcanic soils and elevated positions. Under winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown, the small-production wines undergo minimal-intervention fermentation in small tanks followed by French oak aging, resulting in highly sought-after, single-vineyard expressions that have earned cult status.
Miani
Miani is a micro-producer in Friuli's Colli Orientali DOC, where winemaker Enzo Pontoni crafts 9,000 bottles annually from family hillside vineyards in Buttrio and Rosazzo, focusing on distinctive white wines from both indigenous and international varieties. The estate's traditional approach combines exceptionally low yields, hand-harvesting, and barrel fermentation with meticulous attention to each vine and barrel, reflecting Pontoni's commitment to elevating Friulian whites.
Mondotte, Chateau La
Château La Mondotte is a boutique 4.5-hectare estate in Saint-Émilion's eastern limestone plateau, owned by the von Neipperg family and producing a single, powerful wine from predominantly Merlot vines averaging over 50 years old. The property's microscopic production of 10,000-12,000 bottles annually undergoes meticulous hand harvesting and extended oak aging, helping elevate this once-obscure vineyard to Premier Grand Cru Classé B status in 2012.
Nin-Ortiz, Familia
Familia Nin-Ortiz is a small-scale, family-owned estate in Priorat's Porrera village, producing terroir-driven Garnacha and Cariñena wines from old vines planted in the region's distinctive llicorella slate soils at elevations between 350-650 meters. Their strictly biodynamic approach extends from vineyard to cellar, where hand-harvested fruit undergoes native fermentation and aging in oak and amphorae, yielding limited-production wines that have earned them cult status among collectors seeking authentic expressions of place.
Orin Swift
Orin Swift Cellars, founded by Dave Phinney in California, is known for its innovative blends like The Prisoner, delivering bold, artistic wines with a distinct profile.
Pin, Chateau Le
Le Pin is a Cult winery located in the Pomerol region of Bordeaux, France. Known for its limited production of high-quality Merlot-based red wines, Le Pin's releases are collected for their opulence, depth, and elegance. The OG 'garagiste' (garage) wine whose vineyards are tended to like a garden, reflect the nuanced characteristics of the Pomerol terroir, making them some of the most sought-after and exclusive wines in the world.
Porseleinberg
Porseleinberg is a focused 40-hectare Swartland estate established in 2009 by Boekenhoutskloof, where winemaker Callie Louw crafts intense Syrah from challenging blue shale soils at 200-350 meters elevation. The estate's cult following stems from its traditional methods—including horse-drawn plows, native yeast fermentation, and aging in concrete and large foudres—combined with deliberately limited production that faithfully expresses the distinctive mountain terroir.
Prieure Roch, Chateau
Domaine Prieuré Roch is a Cult producer in the Côte de Nuits sub-region of Burgundy, France. Established in 1988 by Henry-Frédéric Roch, co-director of the iconic Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Prieuré Roch is dedicated to the production of high-quality Pinot Noir wines. The winery specializes in limited production wines, focusing on single-vineyard Pinot Noir that captures the unique characteristics of each plot.
Promontory
Promontory is a Cult Napa Valley winery, located west of the Oakville AVA in California. The winery was founded by Bill Harlan, who is also the founder of both Harlan Estate and Bond. Under the management of the Harlan family, the winery focuses on producing a singular wine mainly from Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine displays unique characteristics derived from the diverse, rugged California terroir.
Realm Cellars
Realm Cellars, established in 2002, is a boutique winery in Napa Valley, California, known for its exceptional Bordeaux-style blends and single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon wines. The winery focuses on sourcing grapes from top vineyards and employing meticulous winemaking techniques.
Roc de Cambes
Roc de Cambes is a 12-hectare estate in Côtes de Bourg owned by François Mitjavile, producing Merlot-dominant wines from south-facing limestone-clay slopes that benefit from excellent drainage and sun exposure. The estate follows the same exacting standards as Mitjavile's Saint-Émilion property Tertre Roteboeuf, emphasizing late harvesting and natural fermentation while maintaining a lower profile within its appellation.
Rose & Arrow
Rose & Arrow Estate is a boutique Willamette Valley producer founded in 2017 that focuses exclusively on Pinot Noir from precisely mapped volcanic soil microsites across several Oregon sub-appellations. Their scientific approach combines electromagnetic soil analysis with traditional Burgundian winemaking techniques to identify and vinify tiny Loups parcels separately, creating an ultra-limited portfolio of wines that express specific geological characteristics rather than merely fruit profiles.
Rudd
Rudd Estate is a family-owned cult producer in Oakville, Napa Valley, crafting small-production Bordeaux-style wines from their 55-acre property where alluvial valley floor meets volcanic hillsides. Their meticulous approach combines organic and biodynamic farming with minimal-intervention winemaking techniques, including gravity-flow processing and native yeast fermentations, resulting in terroir-driven wines that command collector attention.
Salvioni
Salvioni is a small family estate in northern Montalcino producing 6,000 bottles annually of Brunello di Montalcino DOCG from their 4-hectare vineyard site, situated at 420-450 meters with optimal southwestern exposure. Their traditional winemaking approach includes hand harvesting, native yeast fermentation, and extended 48-month aging in Slavonian oak casks, reflecting their commitment to artisanal production methods.
Saxum
Saxum Vineyards is a boutique winery in Paso Robles, California, known for its powerful, high-quality Rhône-style blends made primarily from Syrah, Grenache, and Mourvèdre grapes. Established in 2002, the winery has quickly gained a reputation for its intense, terroir-driven wines.
Scarecrow
Scarecrow is a Cult Napa Valley winery celebrated for its exceptional, limited-production Cabernet Sauvignon wines. These wines are crafted from grapes grown on old vines that date back to 1945, contributing to the depth and complexity of the wine. The winery's name, Scarecrow, is a tribute to the vineyard's former owner, J.J. Cohn, a renowned film producer who was involved in the making of "The Wizard of Oz".
Schrader
Schrader Cellars, a Cult winery located in Napa Valley, California, is known for producing single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon wines. Founded in 1998 by Fred Schrader, Schrader epitomizes the fusion of artisanal attention to detail and the distinct terroir of Napa Valley.
Screaming Eagle
Screaming Eagle is one of the most Iconic wine producers in the world. Officially founded in 1992, this cult winery is renowned primarily for its limited-production Cabernet Sauvignon, crafted in the Napa Valley, Oakville AVA. Known for its exclusivity and exceptional quality, Screaming Eagle's wines consistently command high prices and intense collector interest, making it a standout among Napa's elite wineries.
Sine Qua Non
Sine Qua Non is a Cult winery located on California's Central Coast, known for its highly exclusive, limited-production wines primarily inspired by Rhône varietals. Founded by Austrian-born Manfred Krankl in 1994, the winery has gained an almost cult-like following.
Staglin
Staglin Family Vineyard is a family-owned cult producer operating on a historic 61-acre estate in Rutherford Bench, focusing primarily on Cabernet Sauvignon grown in the region's volcanic, sandy-loamy soils. The winery combines minimal-intervention techniques with certified organic farming practices, producing limited quantities of highly sought-after wines from vineyards with over 150 years of viticultural history.
Standish Wine Company, The
The Standish Wine Company is a boutique Barossa Valley producer founded in 1999 by Dan Standish, crafting extremely limited single-vineyard Shiraz from old, dry-grown vines across Greenock, Hutton Vale, and Eden Valley sub-regions. Embracing minimal intervention techniques including open-top fermentation, indigenous yeasts, and whole bunch inclusion, Standish's annual production remains under 2,000 cases, creating highly sought-after wines that authentically express their distinctive terroirs.
Stella di Campalto (Podere S.Giuseppe)
Stella di Campalto is a small family-owned estate in southeastern Montalcino producing approximately 10,000 bottles annually of Sangiovese-based wines from 5.5 hectares of vineyards spread across six distinct parcels at 250-270 meters elevation. The estate's biodynamic approach, spontaneous fermentations, extended macerations, and aging far beyond appellation requirements in large Slavonian oak casks have established Stella's unfiltered, terroir-driven wines as sought-after collector items despite her lack of formal winemaking background.
Sylvain Cathiard, Domaine
Sylvain Cathiard is a Burgundy domaine in Vosne-Romanée, gaining prominence for its exquisite Pinot Noir, which showcases the depth and elegance of the region's terroir with a modern and meticulous approach to winemaking.
Tertre Roteboeuf, Chateau
Château Tertre Roteboeuf in Saint-Émilion is a boutique estate producing Merlot-dominant wines that are lush, opulent, and have garnered a cult following for their unique style.
Trinoro, Tenuta di
Tenuta di Trinoro is a small-scale Tuscan producer in the remote Val d'Orcia, where just 22 hectares of high-elevation vineyards planted to Bordeaux varieties thrive in a complex mosaic of limestone, volcanic, and clay soils. The estate's radical approach includes extremely high-density plantings, aggressive green harvesting, deliberately limited production of approximately 25,000 bottles annually, and a willingness to declassify entire vintages when quality standards aren't met.
Ulysse Collin
Ulysse Collin is a small-scale grower-producer in southern Champagne's Coteaux du Petit Morin, crafting terroir-specific Champagnes from 8.5 hectares of old-vine Chardonnay and Pinot Noir planted on diverse chalky soils. Olivier Collin's Burgundian approach includes barrel fermentation with indigenous yeasts, extended lees aging, minimal dosage, and transparent vintage expression, creating highly sought-after single-vineyard bottlings that have redefined expectations for site-specific Champagne.
Vincent Dancer
Vincent Dancer, a meticulous vintner in Chassagne-Montrachet, produces some of Burgundy's most compelling Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs, renowned for their precision, mineral character, and organic farming practices.
Vouette et Sorbee
Vouette et Sorbée is a small-scale biodynamic grower Champagne producer in Buxières-sur-Arce in the Aube's Côte des Bar, where Bertrand Gautherot farms 5-6 hectares of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Blanc on steep slopes of Kimmeridgian limestone. Gautherot's radical approach includes indigenous yeast fermentation in oak barrels, minimal intervention winemaking with zero to minimal dosage, and a terroir-focused philosophy that connects more closely with Burgundian traditions than conventional Champagne production, earning the estate cult status among enthusiasts seeking authentic expressions.
Yann Durieux
Yann Durieux established Recrue des Sens in 2010 in Villers-la-Faye, crafting small-production Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from high-altitude parcels in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, where old vines benefit from elevated growing conditions. His radical natural approach combines biodynamic farming and zero-sulfur winemaking with techniques learned during his time at Domaine Prieuré-Roch, earning his wines a devoted following among Burgundy collectors.
d'Auvenay, Domaine
Domaine d'Auvenay, under the stewardship of the legendary Lalou Bize-Leroy, has attracted a cult-like following for its exceptionally rare and exquisite Burgundian wines. Located in the Burgundy region of France, the domaine produces both red and white wines, predominantly from small, meticulously managed vineyards. Each bottle reflects the pinnacle of artisanal winemaking, with an emphasis on organic practices and biodynamic principles. As a result, wines from Domaine d'Auvenay are highly sought after by collectors and connoisseurs around the world, celebrated for their depth, complexity, and longevity.