Top Wineries in California (CA)

190 award-winning producers ranked by competition medal score. United States.

Rank Winery Wines Medals Best Medal Score
#1 V. Sattui Winery 1111 1119 Best Of Class 4054.0
#2 Carol Shelton Wines 523 522 Best Of Class 1631.0
#3 Benziger Family Winery 451 445 Best Of Class 1439.0
#4 Imagery Estate Winery 393 395 Best Of Class 1348.0
#5 Rodney Strong Vineyards 391 430 Best Of Class 1344.0
#6 Dry Creek Vineyard 316 317 Best Of Class 1028.0
#7 McManis Family Vineyards 363 360 Best Of Class 986.0
#8 Oak Farm Vineyards 310 307 Best Of Class 896.0
#9 Bogle Vineyards 250 249 Best Of Class 878.0
#10 Pennyroyal Farm 231 231 Best Of Class 746.0
#11 Black Stallion Estate Winery 169 179 Best Of Class 622.0
#12 Nichelini Family Winery 200 200 Best Of Class 621.0
#13 Meadowcroft Wines 216 208 Best Of Class 620.0
#14 J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines 148 165 Best Of Class 598.0
#15 Windsor Vineyards 201 193 Best Of Class 537.0
#16 New Clairvaux Vineyard 161 160 Best Of Class 496.0
#17 Halleck Vineyard 125 125 Best Of Class 444.0
#18 Noble Vines 158 163 Best Of Class 421.0
#19 Bee Hunter 149 144 Double Gold 420.0
#20 Falkner Winery 138 140 Double Gold 399.0
#21 Mettler Family Vineyards 120 123 Best Of Class 396.0
#22 Eco Terreno Wines & Vineyards 110 113 Best Of Class 390.0
#23 Blair Estate 173 170 Best Of Class 389.0
#24 Monte De Oro Winery 155 155 Best Of Class 387.0
#25 Castoro Cellars 138 138 Best Of Class 386.0
#26 Fallbrook Winery 107 108 Best Of Class 377.0
#27 Chloe Wine Collection 113 116 Best Of Class 373.0
#28 Bent Oak Winery 158 156 Double Gold 330.0
#29 Jeff Runquist Wines 110 112 Best Of Class 309.0
#30 Hawk and Horse Vineyards 102 105 Best Of Class 307.0
#31 Barefoot Wine 16 147 Double Gold 304.0
#32 Baily Vineyard & Winery 142 142 Double Gold 286.0
#33 B.R. Cohn Winery 86 83 Best Of Class 281.0
#34 Domaine Carneros 71 78 Best Of Class 280.0
#35 Landmark Vineyards 73 73 Best Of Class 278.0
#36 Blue Quail 103 100 Best Of Class 274.0
#37 Frog's Tooth Winery 119 119 Double Gold 272.0
#38 Lightpost Winery 86 84 Best Of Class 253.0
#39 J Vineyards & Winery 24 90 Best Of Class 252.0
#40 Theopolis Vineyards 100 100 Double Gold 252.0
#41 Domenico Winery 117 117 Gold 242.0
#42 Muse Vineyards 87 88 Best Of Class 238.0
#43 Maker Wine Company 99 93 Best Of Class 232.0
#44 Lost Creek Winery 84 84 Best Of Class 223.0
#45 Chronic Cellars 80 80 Best Of Class 213.0
#46 Le Vigne Winery 72 72 Best Of Class 210.0
#47 The Crusher 84 81 Gold 203.0
#48 Eberle Winery 68 78 Double Gold 196.0
#49 Pope Valley Winery 77 75 Double Gold 195.0
#50 Simi Winery 62 60 Best Of Class 191.0
#51 Basalt Cellars 64 64 Double Gold 174.0
#52 Kenwood Vineyards 59 57 Best Of Class 165.0
#53 Black Willow Winery 52 52 Best Of Class 165.0
#54 Bella Luna Estate Winery 80 81 Double Gold 164.0
#55 Biltmore Estate 67 63 Double Gold 152.0
#56 Ivory & Burt 56 55 Best Of Class 137.0
#57 Domaine Chandon California 28 34 Double Gold 137.0
#58 William Hill Estate Winery 52 51 Double Gold 136.0
#59 Treana 33 33 Best Of Class 130.0
#60 Baileyana 34 36 Best Of Class 128.0
#61 Petite Petit 30 30 Best Of Class 128.0
#62 Just Enough Wines 63 61 Best Of Class 128.0
#63 Mahoney Family Vineyards 38 39 Best Of Class 127.0
#64 Edna Valley Vineyard 54 50 Double Gold 126.0
#65 Ficarra Cellars 54 54 Best Of Class 126.0
#66 Old York Cellars 79 78 Gold 121.0
#67 Winemaker's Selection 45 42 Double Gold 120.0
#68 Pedroncelli Winery 42 45 Best Of Class 109.0
#69 Gallo Family Vineyards 45 41 Double Gold 104.0
#70 Nodland Cellars 39 39 Double Gold 100.0
#71 Garemani Wines 42 41 Double Gold 100.0
#72 Aquinas 39 37 Double Gold 99.0
#73 CrossKeys Vineyards 23 23 Best Of Class 94.0
#74 Three Finger Jack 35 36 Gold 86.0
#75 Chateau Souverain 32 26 Double Gold 82.0
#76 The Prisoner Wine Company 25 25 Best Of Class 81.0
#77 Navarro Vineyards & Winery 14 26 Gold 81.0
#78 Cooper Vineyards 31 30 Double Gold 75.0
#79 Pepperwood Grove 45 42 Gold 75.0
#80 Black Box Wines 27 40 Gold 75.0
#81 O'Leary Fine Wines 23 27 Best Of Class 73.0
#82 Francis Ford Coppola Winery 20 23 Gold 73.0
#83 Butternut 40 40 Gold 72.0
#84 Castle Rock Winery 24 25 Double Gold 71.0
#85 Burtech Family Vineyard 25 24 Gold 66.0
#86 Artisan 5 21 22 Double Gold 61.0
#87 Garré Vineyard & Winery 25 26 Double Gold 61.0
#88 Franzia 24 22 Best Of Class 59.0
#89 LaZarre Wines 13 13 Best Of Class 58.0
#90 Black Saint Peter 24 24 Gold 56.0
#91 En Garde Winery 22 22 Double Gold 55.0
#92 Swanson Vineyards 22 22 Gold 55.0
#93 Miro Cellars 16 19 Double Gold 53.0
#94 Dark Horse Wines 9 28 Gold 52.0
#95 Cuvaison 22 22 Gold 49.0
#96 Brys Estate Vineyard & Winery 16 16 Best Of Class 48.0
#97 Ledson Winery & Vineyards 14 14 Double Gold 46.0
#98 Fortino Winery 25 25 Silver 44.0
#99 Trail 3150 10 10 Best Of Class 44.0
#100 Herzog Wine Cellars 20 18 Double Gold 42.0
#101 Frei Brothers 24 19 Double Gold 41.0
#102 Burntshirt Vineyards 17 15 Gold 41.0
#103 Joel Gott Wines 13 13 Double Gold 40.0
#104 Red Phoenix 9 11 Double Gold 38.0
#105 OPR 10 9 Double Gold 36.0
#106 Dutcher Crossing Winery 27 21 Gold 33.0
#107 Doffo Winery 14 12 Gold 30.0
#108 Caraccioli Cellars 10 10 Gold 27.0
#109 F. Stephen Millier 10 11 Gold 26.0
#110 Be Odd wines 4 12 Gold 26.0
#111 Talbott Vineyards 12 11 Double Gold 25.0
#112 Las Positas Vineyards 10 9 Gold 24.0
#113 Gnarly Head Wines 5 9 Gold 23.0
#114 Korbel Winery 3 9 Gold 23.0
#115 Z. Alexander Brown Wines 3 8 Gold 20.0
#116 Josh Cellars 6 9 Gold 20.0
#117 Sei Querce 5 5 Gold 18.0
#118 Robert Mondavi Winery 8 4 Double Gold 17.0
#119 Tophi GmbH 2 4 Gold 16.0
#120 Ménage à Trois Wines 5 9 Silver 16.0
#121 Hook or Crook Cellars 6 6 Gold 14.0
#122 Chacewater Winery 3 4 Gold 14.0
#123 VJB Cellars 5 4 Double Gold 13.0
#124 Aurelia Cellars 7 6 Silver 12.0
#125 Mark West Wines 7 6 Silver 12.0
#126 Kendall-Jackson Wine Estate & Gardens 2 5 Gold 12.0
#127 1849 Wine Co. 7 7 Silver 11.0
#128 Pacific Redwood 6 6 Silver 11.0
#129 Diora Wines 3 6 Silver 10.0
#130 Einig-Zenzen GmbH & Co. KG 3 3 Gold 10.0
#131 Untamed Vine 3 3 Gold 9.0
#132 Vintage Wine Estates 6 4 Gold 9.0
#133 1924 Wines 5 5 Silver 9.0
#134 One Hope Wine 4 4 Silver 8.0
#135 Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards 9 3 Gold 8.0
#136 Trecini Winery 2 3 Gold 8.0
#137 Somnium 3 3 Gold 8.0
#138 Eagle Glen Wine 2 2 Gold 8.0
#139 Winc 3 3 Gold 8.0
#140 Wellington Cellars 4 3 Gold 7.0
#141 Scheid Family Wines 5 3 Silver 6.0
#142 Langetwins Winery 10 4 Silver 6.0
#143 Vezer Family Vineyard - Blue Victorian 2 2 Gold 6.0
#144 George Phillips Cellars 2 2 Gold 6.0
#145 Danza del Sol Winery 2 2 Gold 6.0
#146 Frey Vineyards 7 4 Silver 6.0
#147 Beringer Vineyards 2 3 Silver 6.0
#148 Macmurray Estate Vineyard 1 3 Silver 5.0
#149 Priam Vineyards 3 3 Silver 5.0
#150 Prime Cellar 3 3 Silver 5.0
#151 Fisher Vineyards 2 2 Gold 5.0
#152 Avalon Winery 3 3 Silver 4.0
#153 Austin Hope 2 2 Silver 4.0
#154 Boneshaker 3 3 Silver 4.0
#155 Sea Phantom 4 2 Silver 4.0
#156 Butter Bomb 3 2 Silver 4.0
#157 Craftwork Wines 1 1 Gold 4.0
#158 J.D. Hurley 1 1 Gold 4.0
#159 Vintage Northwest 2 2 Silver 4.0
#160 Fiftyrow Vineyards 1 1 Gold 4.0
#161 Delicato Family Wines 1 1 Gold 4.0
#162 Treaty 42 Cellars 1 1 Gold 4.0
#163 Landy Family Vineyards 1 1 Gold 4.0
#164 First Crush Vineyards 2 2 Silver 4.0
#165 Rare Blends 1 2 Silver 3.0
#166 Sin Fronteras 3 3 Bronze 3.0
#167 Chappellet Winery 1 1 Silver 2.0
#168 Apothic Wines 4 1 Silver 2.0
#169 Dixie & Bass Wines 1 1 Silver 2.0
#170 Six Sense 1 1 Silver 2.0
#171 Trail 350 1 1 Silver 2.0
#172 James & Bell Winery 1 1 Silver 2.0
#173 Monte Serena 3 1 Silver 2.0
#174 Ghost Pines Vineyard 1 1 Silver 2.0
#175 Materra Wines 1 1 Silver 2.0
#176 TH Estate Wines 1 1 Silver 2.0
#177 Orinda Hayes 1 1 Silver 2.0
#178 Fulkerson Winery 3 2 Bronze 2.0
#179 San Simeon Vineyards 1 1 Silver 2.0
#180 Montgomery Vineyard USA 1 1 Bronze 1.0
#181 Prophecy Wines 4 1 Bronze 1.0
#182 Laguna 1 1 Bronze 1.0
#183 Yoga Vineyard 2 1 Bronze 1.0
#184 Maddalena Vineyard 2 1 Bronze 1.0
#185 Songbird 1 1 Bronze 1.0
#186 Hartlam Winery 3 1 Bronze 1.0
#187 Industrias El Peñasco SPR De RL De CV 1 1 Bronze 1.0
#188 Fazeli Cellars Winery 2 1 Bronze 1.0
#189 Baldwin Vineyards 1 1 Bronze 1.0
#190 Rubia Wine Cellars 1 1 Bronze 1.0

Showing 190 producers in California (CA). Rankings based on weighted medal scores from 2016–2026.