Champagne is from France.
CARBONISTE is California.
Welcome to the
Sparkling Revolution
CARBONISTE was born out of our desire to reimagine sparkling wine in California.
Sunshine, warm days, and cool nights are California.
These conditions lend juiciness and freshness to our fruit, which are front and center in our wines.
Introducing your new favorite club.
The Prix Fixe Perks
These wines will be shipped to your door three times a year (spring, summer, and fall), strategically timed to restock with new releases. You'll always have just the right bubbles on hand!
You are welcome to sign up for our club at anytime and we will automatically ship you the current release. PS: Your shipment is entirely customizable! Simply login during the release window and select any combination you'd like.
Meet the makers.
Together we are CARBONISTE
we put the bubbles in the bottle
We are dedicated to making sparkling wines that are modern
and reflective of grape and place.
After meeting at UC Davis, Dan and Jacqueline Person worked around the world, then around California. These experiences informed their perspectives on winemaking. Dan worked for Schramsberg Vineyards for 3 years, making traditional sparkling wines from California grapes. Based on that experience, Dan decided there was a need for a new interpretation of California sparkling wine. Jacqueline was concurrently making still wines from a variety of terroirs across the Golden State, terroirs that have inspired the vineyard selections for CARBONISTE.
Dan Person
“In my mind, you don’t try to make Bordeaux in Burgundy, that would be silly … So why are we, in California, trying to make Champagne? The climate is very different, the soil is different, fundamentally we have a different terroir … So I launched this company as an experiment to figure out what we could be doing in California that’s not simply an emulation of Champagne. Imagine you take a piece of fruit from the outside of a tree, sitting in the sun and it's really ripe and warm, it has a very strong fruit expression. If you get fruit from the shady part of the tree, it's still hard and not ripe. Fundamentally what happens in California is that we have all the sunshine, all the sweetness, and you can taste it … In a blind tasting, you would never be confused once you learn the difference.”
Jacqueline Person
“I love wines of distinction. Winemakers around the world are working to produce unique wines from their cellars, using their fruit. Wines of place and style. Making these wines is a noble pursuit, which we hope to accomplish at CARBONISTE.”