At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 91 Wine And Spirits companies in San Francisco, California. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Wine And Spirits Companies & Startups (San Francisco, California)
Endless West
Endless West is a beverage startup using scientific production methods to create its own original blend of wines and spirits.
Founder(s): Alec Lee, Josh Decolongon, Mardonn Chua
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Wine And Spirits
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Vivino
Vivino is a wine app and online wine marketplace that provides users tools to buy better wine based on their unique tastes.
Founder(s): Heini Zachariassen, Theis Sondergaard
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Communities, Marketplace, Mobile Apps, Wine And Spirits
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Vinebase
Vinebase is building a DTC platform to connect wine lovers with small wineries.
Founder(s): Chantam Duong, Kieran Klaassen, Rachel Woods
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Information Services, Search Engine, Wine And Spirits
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Partender
We help over 15,000 bar and restaurant operators do inventory, ordering, & accounting in 15 min (down from 6 hrs) using patented technology.
Founder(s): Anjali Kundra, Brian Sunter, Chris Cordle, Ishan Kulkarni, Nikhil Kundra, Spencer Ellinor
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Accounting, Consulting, Craft Beer, Food and Beverage, Hospitality, Logistics, Productivity Tools, Restaurants, SaaS, Wine And Spirits
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Vinebox
Vinebox is a premium wine-by-the-glass subscription service.
Founder(s): Matthew Dukes, Rachel Vodofsky
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits, Winery
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Delectable
Delectable is a critically-acclaimed mobile app that helps users find, buy, learn, record and share wines worth remembering
Founder(s): Alex Fishman
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Mobile, Mobile Apps, Wine And Spirits
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Liquor.com
Liquor.com is a website providing recipes, information and news on cocktails and spirits.
Founder(s): Kit Codik, Nicolas Darveau-Garneau, Steve Olsher, Warren Yamakoshi
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Information Services, Internet, News, Recipes, Wine And Spirits
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Underground Cellar
Underground Cellar is an online wine marketplace to discover, buy, and store premium wines.
Founder(s): Ben Herila, Jeffrey Shaw
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Marketplace, Wine And Spirits
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California Dreamin
California Dreamin is a food and beverage start up that manufactures all natural cannabis infused sodas for a light social high.
Founder(s): Amy Ludlum, Peter Bishop
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Cannabis, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
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Wine.com
Wine.com is an online wine retailer, offering selection, guidance, and convenience not found in brick and mortar stores.
Founder(s): Michael Osborn, Peter Sisson
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer, E-Commerce, Internet, Retail, Wine And Spirits
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Une Femme Wines
Une Femme makes women-made wines for celebrating life’s big wins: the dream job, the IPO, the smashing of yet another glass ceiling.
Founder(s): Jen Pelka, Zach Pelka
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage, Internet, Wine And Spirits
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Hip Sobriety
Hip Sobriety provides alcohol abuse treatment for Americans.
Founder(s): Holly Whitaker
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Fitness, Health Care, Wellness, Wine And Spirits
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Chai Vault
Chai Vault is an unprecedented solution for securing the authenticity and provenance of fine wine.
Founder(s): Ed Baum, Maureen Downey
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits
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GrapeSeed
Members Only Kickstarter for Wine
Founder(s): Cameron Yuill, Dave Trebilcock, Isaac Herrera
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Crowdfunding, Subscription Service, Wine And Spirits
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Craftable
Craftable is a complete restaurant management platform designed by Silicon Valley tech experts partnered with hospitality industry veterans.
Founder(s): Max Zats, Samuel Zats
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Restaurants, Sales, Wine And Spirits
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Which Winery, Inc
Which Winery aims to connect wineries and wine lovers all over the world.
Founder(s): Anthony Poston, Gabrielle Poston
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Search Engine, Travel, Wine And Spirits
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WineSimple
WineSimple operates an online wine store that matches wine characteristics to individual taste profiles.
Founder(s): Robert Miller, Sarah Teng
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Internet, Wine And Spirits
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Wine Access
Wine Access is a provider of extraordinary wines, direct from the source.
Founder(s): Jim Weinrott
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits
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DNS Wines
DNS Wines is a grower-focused portfolio specializing in the marketing and distribution of fine wines.
Founder(s): Todd Mathis
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits
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Mission Bay Wine & Cheese
Mission Bay Wine & Cheese offers a carefully curated selection of wine, beer, cheese, and spirits.
Founder(s): Debbie Zachareas, Peter Granoff
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Craft Beer, Retail, Wine And Spirits
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Vinfolio
Vinfolio is an online wine store that buys, collects and sells various types of wines.
Founder(s): Steve Bachmann
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Sales, Wine And Spirits
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Wine + Moxxi
Wine + Moxxi engages in delivering monthly wine subscription for customers.
Founder(s): Lauren Barnard
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Retail, Wine And Spirits, Winery
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SVEDKA
SVEDKA Vodka has been making its mark since it was first imported in 1998.
Founder(s): Guillaume Cuvelier
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits
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Torani (R. Torre & Co.)
Torani inspires you to taste life, one flavorful experience at a time.
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Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits
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Foot of the Bed Cellars
Foot of the Bed Cellars is a curated, monthly, direct-to-consumer wine company.
Founder(s): Martin Sheehan-Stross
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer, Wine And Spirits
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EasyVino
Easy Vino is a wine management and recommendation platform that acts as a true personal sommelier.
Founder(s): Hugo Bernardo
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Hospitality, Local, Mobile, Restaurants, Wine And Spirits
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Hello Vino
Hello Vino is a wine recommendation service blending personalization with marketing and sales automation.
Founder(s): Jim McNamee, Rick Breslin
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Android, Consumer Applications, Consumer Research, E-Commerce, iOS, Mobile, Subscription Service, Virtual Assistant, Wine And Spirits
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The Mina Group
Mina Group, an award winning restaurant management company operating twenty concept restaurants and The Michael Mina Wine Club.
Founder(s): Michael Mina
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits
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Hotaling & Co
Hotaling & Co., formerly Anchor Distilling Company, is an importer and distiller of fine spirits headquartered in San Francisco.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits
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Stirred
Mixing cocktail magic – unleash the potential of your home bar
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits
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Ficks Beverage Co
Ficks Beverage Co manufactures a line of better-for-you bar products, including real fruit hard seltzers and premium cocktail mixers
Founder(s): Ron Alvarado
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Brewing, Consumer Goods, Craft Beer, Distillery, Food and Beverage, Grocery, Wine And Spirits, Winery
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SaloonBox
DIY Subscription Cocktail Kit. Delivering artisan ingredients from local mixologists so that you can make craft cocktails at home.
Founder(s): Joe Spector, Samantha Spector
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits
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ALCHEMA
ALCHEMA is the smart home cider making system that turns fresh fruit into craft cider.
Founder(s): Angel Huang, Oscar Chang
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Internet of Things, Wine And Spirits
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Chambers & Chambers Wine Merchants
Chambers & Chambers Wine Merchants booked its first pre-sale of wines from France.
Founder(s): Jack Chambers, Suzanne Chambers
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Retail, Wine And Spirits
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Lasso It
Lasso It is an online on-demand wine & cheese delivery service.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Delivery, E-Commerce, Events, Hospitality, Wine And Spirits
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Roastery
Great coffee roasted fresh on demand.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits
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Wine Maps
Wine Maps offers an online platform that enables its users to find information about wineries, vineyards, and wine bars around the world.
Founder(s): Ryan Ornelas
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Events, Social Media, Travel, Wine And Spirits
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SipSend
SipSend is a wine & spirits company.
Founder(s): Martin Sheehan-Stross
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits
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Palmia
Palmia is made with the highest quality ingredients and delivers the taste of summer.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Lifestyle, Wine And Spirits
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Aliment
Aliment is an American restaurant and cocktail bar that offers food and winery products.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Restaurants, Wine And Spirits
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Gothic Gin
Gothic Gin is an extremely exclusive hand-crafted Ultra-Premium Gin.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits
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Press Club
Press Club, a wine bar and lounge, offers California’s finest wines and beers in a sophisticated, social atmosphere.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Lifestyle, Wine And Spirits
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Bitters and Bottles
Bitters and Bottles is a spirit shop include shop bitters, mixers, bar tools, our cocktail subscription, travel size alcohol cocktail kits.
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Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Fashion, Food and Beverage, Leisure, Lifestyle, Wine And Spirits
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Cave To Cellar
Cave To Cellar selects and imports french wines into the United States.
Founder(s): Eliot Dresselhaus, Francoise Chanut, Marianne Cooper
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Retail, Wine And Spirits
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Daily Grape
For more than 5 years, through Wine Library TV, Gary Vay-ner-chuk provided you with a useful and fun, though far from conventional, daily
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Brewing, Education, Wine And Spirits
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Cameron Hughes
Cameron Hughes founded this company with a simple mission: offer great wines at affordable prices to everyone.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits
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Palate Press
Palate Press Dedicated to high quality coverage of wine, spirits and related topics.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits
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Blackwell’s Wines & Spirits
Blackwell’s Wines & Spirits is a consumer goods online shopping store & e-commerce platform that sells Wine, beer & spirits to customers.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Sales, Shopping, Wholesale, Wine And Spirits
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6 Days Productions
6 Days Productions, maker of hangover prevention drink Hangnever.
Founder(s): Mario Mare
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits, Winery
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Winesona
Winesona helps wine retailers sell more wines.
Founder(s): Tiffany Xingyu Wang
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer, Wine And Spirits, Winery
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WineLuxury
Experience the Ultimate Wine Lifestyle
Founder(s): Daniel Feder
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Mobile, Restaurants, Wine And Spirits
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SommTable.com
Connecting users to Sommeliers and Chefs around the world.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, E-Commerce, Mobile, Travel, Wine And Spirits
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Vititude
Pandora for Wine
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Business Intelligence, Market Research, Wine And Spirits
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Branded Spirits, Ltd
Branded spirits limited distributes alcohol in the united states.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits
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Banshee Wines
Banshee wines crafts wines of uncommon purity from Sonoma and Napa California.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits
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Save Me, San Francisco Wine
Save Me, San Francisco Wine produces and distributes wine and other beverages.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits, Winery
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Noie Media, LLC
Noie Media is a boutique digital consultancy creating mobile businesses for Luxury clients in CE, Wellness, Beauty, Food&Wine verticals.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Consulting, Internet, Marketing, Mobile Apps, Wine And Spirits
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Vie Winery
Vie makes high quality, limited production Rhone varietal and Zinfandel based wines from many of the finest vineyards in California.
Founder(s): Barry Dorf
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
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1806 Cocktails on Demand
We curate a menu of the best cocktails and deliver portioned ingredients so you can make them at home.
Founder(s): Dan Capo, Sumit Mahawar
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits
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calenBAR.com
calenBAR.com is an online platform that enables individuals to find bars located in their localities.
Founder(s): Andrew Hollander, Bobby Stern
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Craft Beer, E-Commerce, Events, Hospitality, Nightlife, Search Engine, Wine And Spirits
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Cleary Ranch Vineyards
Cleary Ranch Vineyards is a wine and spirits company.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits, Winery
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The Hoop Fund
The Hoop Fund is a passionate group of entrepreneurs, activists, and food lovers.
Founder(s): Patrick Donohue
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Association, Communities, Finance, Food and Beverage, Non Profit, Wine And Spirits
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Rooh
Rooh offers contemporary Indian food, cocktails, wine, and dishes prepared using fresh ingredients inspired by international techniques.
Founder(s): Anu Bhambri, Vikram Bhambri
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Restaurants, Wine And Spirits
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maritime wine
Maritime works exclusively with family-owned and operated wineries around the world.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits, Winery
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G Condes Wines
G Condes Wines is an importer and distributor of wine for restaurants and retailers.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Retail, Wine And Spirits, Winery
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Dogpatch WineWorks
Dogpatch WineWorks is a 15,000 sq ft urban winery located in the historic Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco.
Founder(s): Dave Gifford, Kevin Doucet
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits
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Vinoetic, Inc.
Vinoetic, Inc. is an Analytics company.
Founder(s): Todd Nagle
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Software, Wine And Spirits
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SIA Scotch Whisky
SIA Scotch Whisky is a blend with a smooth, balanced, and complex flavor profile that is approachable and affordable yet ultra-premium.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits
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Qorkz
Handcrafted small batch wine delivered from small production winemakers.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Marketplace, Wine And Spirits
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Vintners’ Alliance
Vintners’ Alliance is a marketing technology and database provider for premium wineries.
Founder(s): Ahin Thomas
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Wine And Spirits
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OAKED
Mobile marketplace for craft wine
Founder(s): Kyle Walsh, Mason Allen, Shaun Moore
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Marketplace, Mobile, Wine And Spirits
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Vintners’ Alliance
Vintners’ Alliance is a marketing technology and database provider for premium wineries.
Founder(s): Ahin Thomas
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Wine And Spirits
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Brown Estate Vineyards
Brown Estate Vineyards is a private family-owned and operated estate winery in St. Helena CA.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits
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Lyra Wine
Lyra Wine is a company which committed to bringing the highest quality, artisanal Italian wine and spirits to your glass.
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Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits
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Banquet
Banquet is a mobile app that continues to bring together a passionate and diverse group of wine and spirit lovers.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Online Portals, Wine And Spirits
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Ted’s Market and Deli
Ted’s Market and Deli is a delicatessen and catering company.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Catering, Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits
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San Francisco Wine School
San Francisco Wine School provides expertly crafted wine education and hospitality programs.
Founder(s): David Glancy
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Training, Wine And Spirits
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Max Napa Tours
Max Napa Tours offering wine tours in Napa and Sonoma Valley
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Wine And Spirits
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Noe Valley Wine & Spirits
Noe Valley Wine & Spirits serves wines, spirits and beers.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Craft Beer, Wine And Spirits
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Sip Local Wine
Sip Local Wine is a mobile application that crowd sources information on wine retailers.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Wine And Spirits
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Kickshaw
Kickshaw is San Franciscos first on-demand wine delivery service with proprietary inventory.
Founder(s): Dave Smiddy
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Mobile, Wine And Spirits
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Locals Bar Guide
Locals Bar Guide is dedicated to helping users craft the ultimate San Francisco experience the way locals take in the city by the bay.
Founder(s): Matthew D. Shelley
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Nightlife, Restaurants, Wine And Spirits
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Crushed
Crushed is a wine content company focused on creating and sharing the best tips, hacks and deals in the wine industry via web and mobile
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Internet, Wine And Spirits
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tweservation
promotions / confirmations + Twitter
Founder(s): James Bryant, Susumu Takao
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Location Based Services, Mobile, Restaurants, Software, Wine And Spirits
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Drinkinar
Drinkinar offers a virtual platform that enables winemakers and experts to meet, learn and taste new wines remotely from home.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Private Social Networking, Social Media, Wine And Spirits
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DigitalTails
E.commerce incubator and firm
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Incubators, Wine And Spirits
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Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar
Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar is a bar that offers tropical and festive atmosphere with live entertainment, dancing and a rain storm.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Restaurants, Wine And Spirits
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WiVi Central Coast
WiVi Central Coast is the premier wine and viticulture symposium and trade show
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Forestry, Wine And Spirits
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Cerveza Mixers
Cerveza Mixers is a wine manufacturing company.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
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5A5 Steak Lounge
5A5 Steak Lounge has been delighting its guests since 2009 by providing delicious food & beverages.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Restaurants, Wine And Spirits
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Sip and Swirl California
Sip and Swirl offers an authentic local’s perspective to winemaking, distilling and brewing.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits
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