Schulz Family
SCHULZ CELLARS was founded in 2005 by me, John Schulz and my
wife Michele. We have a combined 35+
years of experience in the wine industry.
My career started in the mid-eighties with a large winery in the Central Valley where I worked as a cellar rat during the week and tasting room sales on the weekends. Though a natural progression, I moved to outside sales for a small central coast wine distributor. In the early nineties I took a position at Franciscan winery where I spent nearly ten years in sales throughout the US. Over the past several years, I have dedicated his sales experience to a number of small ultra-premium wineries throughout Napa Valley and I am now the National Sales Director for Dutton-Goldfield Winery in the Russian River Valley.
Michele began her wine career in the early nineties at Pine Ridge Winery and is now the Sales & Marketing Director for Schulz Cellars. Prior to this, Michele was able to sharpen her wine skills with stints in retail sales at a well-known wine shop in Denver, worked in the cellar at Chateau Ste. Michelle in Washington State and spent five years with Cliff Lede Vineyards as the Consumer Direct Sales Manager. Michele was most recently DTC Marketing Manager for Arrowood Winery & Matanzas Creek Winery before coming to work full time for Schulz Cellars in 2011.
Having a background in both winemaking and wine sales, we were then lucky enough to have some close friends with recently planted vineyard land in Napa that was not yet under contract. We made wine for many years and our first commercially released bottling was from the 2005 vintage with a Syrah from the Fortunati Vineyard, Oak Knoll District along with the Zinfandel from the Lampyridae Vineyard, Mt. Veeder. In the 2006 vintage, we added a Red Wine to our portfolio called “Samuel’s Cuveé” which is a blend of Napa Valley Syrah, Cabernet and Zinfandel. We began producing a Cabernet Sauvignon in 2007 coming from Mt. Veeder as well. We continue to look for new and exciting vineyards to work with throughout California. With this quest in mind, we will release an Albariňo from the Dragone Vineyard, Calaveras County in the spring of 2013. Our ultimate goal is to produce high quality wines at reasonable prices that reflect the individual vineyard site wherever it may be.
Schulz Cellars has been a lifelong goal for us and we hope that our wines will find their way into your homes and onto your table in the coming year and for many years to follow.
My career started in the mid-eighties with a large winery in the Central Valley where I worked as a cellar rat during the week and tasting room sales on the weekends. Though a natural progression, I moved to outside sales for a small central coast wine distributor. In the early nineties I took a position at Franciscan winery where I spent nearly ten years in sales throughout the US. Over the past several years, I have dedicated his sales experience to a number of small ultra-premium wineries throughout Napa Valley and I am now the National Sales Director for Dutton-Goldfield Winery in the Russian River Valley.
Michele began her wine career in the early nineties at Pine Ridge Winery and is now the Sales & Marketing Director for Schulz Cellars. Prior to this, Michele was able to sharpen her wine skills with stints in retail sales at a well-known wine shop in Denver, worked in the cellar at Chateau Ste. Michelle in Washington State and spent five years with Cliff Lede Vineyards as the Consumer Direct Sales Manager. Michele was most recently DTC Marketing Manager for Arrowood Winery & Matanzas Creek Winery before coming to work full time for Schulz Cellars in 2011.
Having a background in both winemaking and wine sales, we were then lucky enough to have some close friends with recently planted vineyard land in Napa that was not yet under contract. We made wine for many years and our first commercially released bottling was from the 2005 vintage with a Syrah from the Fortunati Vineyard, Oak Knoll District along with the Zinfandel from the Lampyridae Vineyard, Mt. Veeder. In the 2006 vintage, we added a Red Wine to our portfolio called “Samuel’s Cuveé” which is a blend of Napa Valley Syrah, Cabernet and Zinfandel. We began producing a Cabernet Sauvignon in 2007 coming from Mt. Veeder as well. We continue to look for new and exciting vineyards to work with throughout California. With this quest in mind, we will release an Albariňo from the Dragone Vineyard, Calaveras County in the spring of 2013. Our ultimate goal is to produce high quality wines at reasonable prices that reflect the individual vineyard site wherever it may be.
Schulz Cellars has been a lifelong goal for us and we hope that our wines will find their way into your homes and onto your table in the coming year and for many years to follow.
