The Wreckless Blenders welcome you! This site has information about the wines, events and the Wreckless Blenders Wine club.
About
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!
Events
2020 Events
Spring 2020 – Spring Fling – April 25, 2020 (UPDATED DATE!)
East Bay Day 2020 (date to be announced)
Summer 2020 – Cooling off in the Barrel Room – July 18, 2020
Fall 2020 – Coming out of the Cellar – October 17, 2020
Past Events
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
2018 Cooling off in the Barrel Room
2017 Coming Out of the Cellar (10th Anniversary!
2017 Cooling off in the Barrel Room
2017 Summer Event in the Bay Area
2016 Cooling off in the Barrel Room
2015 Cooling Off in the Barrel Room
2015 Summer Event in the Bay Area
2014 Fall Event in the Bay Area
2014 Cooling off in the Barrel Room
2014 May the Fourth Be With You (Bay Area)
Updates and Happenings
In this musing, Rocket talks about the 3-sip rule when tasting wine.
2 days ago
Hey John. Are your wines ready to be distributed to wine club members for this first quarter? Asking for a friend-😝😝.
When I get to the 20th or 30th sip, Wow!! Is dividing it up better than using the vacumn pump??
7 days ago
Hi John, thank you for your Wine Wisdom🙏✨🍷💫
Thanks John. Great information.
How cool. Thanks johnny rocket!
3 weeks ago
Sorry I couldn’t be there today to help. Am under the weather 🤧
1 month ago
And yes, of course! 😁 PS Sagrantino...not a varietal I'd heard of before, so I googled it. Interesting!
Wine Club
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.
Wine Club Interest
Let us know if you’re interested in the wine club by filling out this form.
Labels
Rocket makes the labels. They get a lot of comments. Here is a sampling.
