Wait Cellars was founded in 2005 by Bob Wait, a local to San Francisco's Lower Haight neighborhood and owner of The Page on Divisadero Street in San Francisco. Wait Cellars is a fully bonded California winery currently leasing equipment and space at the Bluxome Street Winery in San Francisco’s SOMA district.

Wait Cellars' goal is to produce limited amounts of focused, balanced Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from carefully chosen local fruit to pair with the fresh, understated elegance of San Francisco dining. Building long-term relationships with a few select, small, local growers is one of our core missions; so is making wine where we live, in the city we love.

Bob hails originally from Michigan and holds a BSE from the University of Michigan. He’s taken numerous wine and grape-growing courses through UC Berkeley and is currently in the winemakers program at UC Davis. He hopes to hand Wait Cellars one day to his three sons, ages 5, 2, and 2. David Wait, Bob's brother, designs and carves the woodcuts featured on all Wait Cellars labels.

As a former engineer and detail freak, Bob has found in wine-making a true nexus where art and science meet. Unable to play an instrument, Bob imagines that creating a beautiful Pinot Noir in San Francisco (from local fruit!) approaches the satisfaction Jimmy Smith might have gotten from playing a Hammond B3 organ solo....

We hope you enjoy our wines.