Wreckless Blenders

The Wreckless Blenders welcome you! This site has information about the wines, events and the Wreckless Blenders Wine club.

The Abbreviated History of Wreckless Blenders

Started in the late 1980’s in a dusty Sacramento basement, a small band of scientists discovered they loved making wine… and, that they lived in the heart of wine grape growing territory. Thus initiated a hobby soon to be explosively out of control. Glass carboys turned to modified beer kegs, which in turn, morphed to oak barrels. Vines were planted, construction happened, reputation grew.. 

With each progressive step, capacity grew, and with it, innovation. Wreckless innovation. Scientists are want to improve things, and every year brought technical enhancements. We once separated the finished wine from the stems and seeds with a nylon mesh bag that we had to squeeze by hand… messy, and inefficient. Along came our first press! The Wreckless Blenders quickly learned how to make friends and source grapes. Our growers have become amazing friends, and this whole red-stained business is really about people and friendships, lubricated by fantastic wine. 

As the years progress, we discover cool new varietals growing here and there, often just a row or two… for a small winery, that small amount becomes a real player and allowed us to showcase wines that did not try to compete with the large wineries.

In 2007 we transitioned to commercial operation, and the Wreckless Blenders set up shop as a friendly, neighborhood winery in Carmichael, California. With a micro-winery capacity of around 100 cases per year, the Wreckless Blenders believe in minimal intervention – allowing the wines to mature and express their own character. Having access to amazing varietals has put the “W” in Wreckless. This small, mighty winery continues to drink outside the box. 

Wreckless, spelled with a W,  is about the adventurous spirit we bring to this obsession, about the synthesis of science, tradition, friendships, hard work, and innovation.

What’s next is only a vintage away!

2020 Events

August Curbside Purchase & Pickup Day – August 29, 2020 – 1pm – 4pm at the Winery

Coming out of the Cellar – Fall 2020 (format and timing TBD)

Past Events

Summer Curbside Purchase & Pickup Day – July 25, 2020 (Noon – 5pm at the Winery)

Tasting at Vinous Reverie in Walnut Creek – January 10, 2020

Wreckless Sale! December 14, 2019

Coming out of the Cellar 2019 – Oct 26 at the Winery

Cooling off in the Barrel Room 2019 – July 27 at the Winery

Spring Fling 2019 – April 27 at the Winery.

East Bay Day Spring 2019 – March 23 at The East Bay Location

Coming out of the Cellar 2018

East Bay Day 2018

2018 Cooling off in the Barrel Room

2018 Spring Fling

2017 Coming Out of the Cellar (10th Anniversary!

2017 Cooling off in the Barrel Room

2017 Summer Event in the Bay Area

2017 Spring Fling

2016 Coming out of the Cellar

2016 Cooling off in the Barrel Room

2015 Coming out the Cellar

2015 Cooling Off in the Barrel Room

2015 Summer Event in the Bay Area

2015 Spring Fling

2014 Coming out of the Cellar

2014 Fall Event in the Bay Area

2014 Cooling off in the Barrel Room

2014 May the Fourth Be With You (Bay Area)

2014 Spring Fling

Updates and Happenings

The Wreckless Blenders Wine Club is an exclusive, highly valuable membership. Let us know if you’re interested by filling out this form.

Benefits

Wine Club members receive access to exclusive wines, have access to all Wreckless events, and receive 20% discount on all purchases while a member.

Process

The normal process is to process credit cards the week prior to Wreckless Events. We will send you a note prior to processing. You can let us know at that time if you want to change your order.

We will securely store your card information in our wine club database (hosted by Square).

Plans

Bottle per Month Club

We have three events per year. In the Bottle per month club, you’ll visit us at Wreckless events to collect four bottles, for a total of 12 bottles per year.

Case Club

The Case Club option is great if you can’t make it to the Wreckless Events. Once per year, normally in September, we will ship you a full case (12 bottles) of a hand-picked selection.

Errata

You have to be of legal drinking age (21 years old or older) to be part of the Wreckless Wine Club.

Holding Shipments

We will hold shipments for two events, upon which time we will ship you the order.

Refunds

We know that things happen. We will make all efforts to set things straight if things go wrong.

Cancellations

If you have two shipments that are missed without notice, your wine club membership will terminate. We will make an attempt to contact you before termination.