Chris James Cellars

What Chris James Cellars does

Chris James Cellars is a privately held, for-profit boutique winery and vineyard founded in 2012, headquartered in Carlton, Oregon (United States). Per the available firmographic data, the company produces wines, operates on-site tastings, and runs a wine club, indicating a direct-to-consumer (DTC) model centered on cellar-door sales and subscription/club allocations rather than wholesale distribution at scale.

The company operates with a headcount of 1–10 employees, consistent with a micro/small-format winery. The firmographic record describes it as a winery and vineyard with tasting services and a wine club, but does not disclose production volume, vineyard acreage, varietal mix, distribution footprint, awards, certifications, or any leadership or ownership details. The company website (chrisjamescellars.com) returned a verification/loading page at the time of source capture, so product catalogs, pricing tiers, club tier structure, and tasting-room hours are not available in the current data set.

The revenue model appears to be a standard DTC winery mix — on-premise tasting-room revenue, wine-club subscriptions/shipments, and direct bottle sales — but no pricing, allocation, or unit-economics data is present. There is no disclosed funding, no parent or subsidiary relationships, no M&A history, no patents or trademarks, no regulatory actions, and no management-team information. As a result, the investment picture is largely a function of the 2012 founding date, the Carlton/Willamette Valley location, and the 1–10 employee scale band, with limited visibility into current operating performance or strategic direction.

Name

Chris James Cellars

Website

https://chrisjamescellars.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Chris James Cellars is a privately held boutique winery and vineyard founded in 2012 in Carlton, Oregon, producing wines and selling direct to consumers through on-site tastings and a wine club with a 1–10 person team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Winery

NAICS

Wineries (312130), Grape Vineyards (111332), Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers (445320)

akta.pro primary industry

Wine & Sparkling Wine Wineries & Brands (CRADAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wineries & Vineyards (Tasting Rooms) (THAFALAE), Wine Tastings & Vineyard/Winery Tours (THAJAGAD), Alcohol Subscription & Wine Clubs (Retail) (CRANABAF)

Keywords

• Estate wine production
• Wine tasting services
• Wine club membership
• Vineyard operations
• Winemaking services

Headquarters

HQ city

Carlton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Chris James Cellars is a winery and vineyard in Carlton, Oregon that produces estate wines, offers on-site wine tastings to visitors, and runs a wine club that ships wine to subscribing members. The company focuses on small-lot, owner-operated winemaking sold directly to consumers through its tasting room and club.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Estate wines

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Domaine Drouhin Oregon: Burgundy-owned estate winery in the Dundee Hills AVA of Willamette Valley, focused on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with estate vineyard and tasting room. Comparable boutique-scale, terroir-driven producer in the same region.
• Sokol Blosser Winery: Pioneering Dundee Hills winery producing estate-grown Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and other varietals with a tasting room and wine club. Comparable as an established, family-run Willamette Valley winery with DTC focus.
• Eyrie Vineyards: Historic Dundee Hills estate winery founded by Pinot Noir pioneers, with tasting room and small-production wines. Comparable as a long-established, small-production Willamette Valley Pinot specialist.
• Archery Summit: Willamette Valley Pinot Noir specialist with estate vineyards and tasting experiences in the Dundee Hills. Comparable as a premium Willamette Valley Pinot producer with DTC tasting room.
• Adelsheim Vineyard: Chehalem Mountains AVA winery specializing in Pinot Noir and white wines, with tasting room and wine club in the Willamette Valley. Closely comparable Willamette Valley estate winery with similar DTC structure.
• Willamette Valley Vineyards: Publicly traded Oregon winery also based in the Willamette Valley producing Pinot Noir and other varietals with a tasting room and wine club. Directly comparable in product category, geography, and DTC business model.
• Beaux Frères: Ribbon Ridge AVA winery producing estate Pinot Noir with a tasting room in the Willamette Valley. Comparable as a small, premium Pinot Noir-focused estate with DTC operations.
• Penner-Ash Wine Cellars: Willamette Valley Pinot Noir producer located in Newberg with a tasting room and wine club. Comparable boutique-scale, single-region Pinot Noir specialist with DTC focus.
• Ken Wright Cellars: Carlton, Oregon-based Pinot Noir producer with single-vineyard bottlings across the Willamette Valley. Directly comparable as a Carlton-based boutique winery with vineyard sourcing and tasting room DTC.

Broad incumbents

• King Estate Winery: Large-scale Oregon producer in Eugene with extensive Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir production, restaurant, and tasting experiences. Comparable Oregon wine producer with DTC focus but operating at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chrisjamesclrs
• Facebookfacebook.com/chrisjamescellars
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chrisjamescellars

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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