Our Advisory Board
We brought together six of America’s most distinguished sommeliers and chefs as the Wine Club’s Advisory Board. Drawing from a wealth of experience, they guide us as we seek out the finest varietals from the world’s most celebrated wine regions. By working with this team of award-winning wine experts, we’re able to ensure the superior quality of each of our selections. Their insights will not only enhance your appreciation of the wines you receive but will also help develop your own skills in bringing wine and food together.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
All of our wines come with a guarantee of satisfaction. If a wine in your shipment fails to meet your expectations, let us know and we’ll promptly replace it at no charge.
John Ash
Chef
Food & Wine magazine selected John Ash as one of America’s “Hot New Chefs.” A longtime restaurateur and award-winning author, he is also a wine producer and instructor in the Professional Wine Studies program at the Culinary Institute of America in California’s Napa Valley.
Suzanne Goin
Chef
Suzanne Goin is the James Beard Best Chef in California 2006, and her book Sunday Suppers at Lucques won the James Beard award the same year. One of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs of 1999, she owns several award-winning Los Angeles area restaurants: Lucques, A.O.C., The Hungry Cat and Tavern. Gourmet named Lucques one of America’s Best Restaurants, and Saveur listed it eighth in its top 100.
Daniel Johnnes
Sommelier
Wine director for Daniel Boulud’s Dinex Group, Daniel Johnnes is one of America’s leading sommeliers. He is the author of Daniel Johnnes’s Top 200 Wines: An Expert’s Guide to Maximum Enjoyment for Your Dollar, James Beard Wine & Spirit Professional of the Year 2006, and a contributor to Food & Wine and Gourmet.
Douglas Keane
Chef
Douglas Keane and his restaurant, Cyrus, have amassed numerous accolades including two stars from the Michelin Guide, four stars from the San Francisco Chronicle, Gourmet’s Top Fifty Restaurants, Food & Wine's Best New Chef and Esquire’s Chef of the Year.
Shelley Lindgren
Sommelier
Wine director and co-owner of San Francisco restaurants A16 and SPQR, Shelley Lindgren was named Best Wine Director by San Francisco magazine, Best New Sommelier by Wine & Spirits and one of America’s top ten sommeliers by Bloomberg Markets.
Larry Stone
Sommelier
Larry Stone became the first American to win the title of International Best Sommelier in French Wines and Spirits in Paris and remains the only American to have earned the title of Maître Sommelier from the Union de la Sommelerie Française. He's also the Gérant (or General-Manager) of the historic Rubicon Estate in Napa Valley.
Williams-Sonoma is closely involved in selecting the wines offered through the Williams-Sonoma Wine Club. Williams-Sonoma has carefully selected a wine partner, the Global Wine Company, to operate the Williams-Sonoma Wine Club. Global Wine Company ensures that all wine sales are made by a licensed retailer in compliance with state laws. Your wine purchase will be a separate transaction from your purchases on the Williams-Sonoma site and will ship separately with respective tax and shipping/processing charges applied. Due to state laws, wine can be purchased only by legal adults. Wine may be shipped only to legal adults in the following states: AZ, CA, DC, HI, IA, ID, IL, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, TX, VA, WV, WY