Welcome to Gagnon Cellars

Gagnon Cellars is an award winning family owned boutique artisan winery founded in 2011. We specialize in producing small lot, hand crafted California wines from specifically selected sites in the Alexander Valley, our Estate wines from the Temecula Valley, and now world-class wines from the famed Santa Barbara County region, of which we now call home.

Gil Gagnon, winegrower / winemaker cherishes working with small sustainable vineyards like ours that share a passion to farm responsibly, organically whenever possible, and to be good stewards of the land and environment.

After spending more than 25 years in the film business with companies like LucasFilm, Kodak and Disney, working on some of the biggest films of all time, I felt compelled to do something I’m just as passionate about, but on a much more intimate scale. I had been bitten by the wine bug and there was no stopping me!

“Farming grapes and making wine is an art and a science wrapped up in Mother Nature’s blanket. It’s my job to allow these children of nature to be the best that they can be through minimal intervention and to fully express themselves and the sites where they’re grown. I’m honored and excited to share our wines with you.”

Gil Gagnon Winemaker / Winegrower