McKahn Family Cellars

Denise McKahn, CEO/Owner

Denise started her career in the wine industry over 28 years ago when she worked as an Accounting Assistant at the historic Wente Vineyards in Livermore, California. She was with Wente for 8 years when she decided to leave the wine industry to be closer to home and spend more time with the family. After seeing her only son Charles head off to college in 2007, Denise decided she wanted to pursue her passion ...

Ballentine Vineyards
Grape:  Syrah

Since our beginning harvest in 2014, McKahn Family Cellars has worked with two different vineyards located in the Napa Valley.  Our Syrah, from the 2014 & 2015 vintages, come from Ballentine Vineyards in St. Helena.  Betty’s Vineyard, which was specifically planted to Syrah, is on the site of Ballentine Vineyard’s Napa Valley winery, bordering Highway 29. It lies just North of St. Helena in the heart of t...

Charles McKahn - winemaker

I chose wine as a career as a doe eyed fifteen year old.  When I was very young my mother worked in the export department at Wente Vineyards, and her time there made an impression on me that I wouldn’t come to realize until young adulthood.  No one I knew at the time was thinking about a career in wine, and it seemed like a unique way to make a living.  It has history, tradition, and seasonal variety. I wouldn’t b...