About the winery
Devlin Wine Cellars was a small family winery in the hills above Soquel, founded in 1978 by Chuck and Cheryl Devlin2. Chuck, who studied fermentation science at UC Davis, chose the grapes and made the wine; Cheryl ran the tasting room and the marketing, and the two of them bottled it together3. The winery and tasting room stood on about 30 acres with a view over Monterey Bay, at the end of a winding road up from Soquel2,3.
Devlin was known for Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, and made Chardonnay, Cabernet and Zinfandel from Santa Cruz Mountains grapes2. The winery said its Cabernets had taken top honors at the San Diego National Wine Competition and been chosen for the UC Davis 75th Anniversary Memento collection2. A 1997 wine club feature counted more than 100 medals since 1978 and put production at just under 10,000 cases a year, most of it sold in Santa Cruz3.
It was a family affair: one Devlin label used a drawing made by the couple's son, Thomas Charles Devlin II, when he was a little over a year old2.
Known for
- Merlot
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Chardonnay
Recipes from Devlin
- Salad
Club Salad
First shared on Web Winery in 2001.
- Dessert
Poached Pears
First shared on Web Winery in 2001.
- Appetizer
Wine Marinated Cracked Crab
First shared on Web Winery in 2001.
In the press
Wineline, January 1997, “Devlin Wine Cellars”
Press archive entry Wayback Machine copy
Nearby in Santa Cruz Mountains
- Bargetto Winery SoquelOpen
- Soquel Vineyards SoquelOpen
- Crescini Wines SoquelNo longer trading
- Aptos Vineyard AptosOpen
