Our Winery
We’re an urban winery in San Diego producing
natural, craft wine from local vineyards.
We’re on a mission to produce wines that exemplify San Diego.
Not only its terroir, but its cuisine, culture, and lifestyle.
We’re veteran-owned, woman-owned, small, independent, innovative, and care about everything we make.
And we like to have fun
![Wine being poured from tank tap into glass](https://charlieandecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/RileyYahrPhotography-CharlieAndEcho-WebResDSC_1287-e1540319776943.jpg)
![Four wine bottles on a table above a handwritten Charlie and Echo sign](https://charlieandecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/about-bottles-1-scaled.jpg)
![Wasps and bees flying over a bin full of grapes](https://charlieandecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/about-grapes.jpg)
![Tank valve with wine puddled in it](https://charlieandecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/about-tankdrip.jpg)
![Grapes fermenting in a bin being punched down](https://charlieandecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/about-punchdown.jpg)
![Boot stomping white grapes](https://charlieandecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/charlieechowine-photo-2022_03_30_19_18.jpg)
![Wine dropping from a tank into a man's mouth](https://charlieandecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/about-winedrop.jpg)
Natural
We make our wines relying only on the naturally occurring microbiome, with as little intervention as possible and no chemical "corrections".
Local
We source from vineyards in San Diego County - the oldest and newest wine region in California. We love making wine from the area in which we live.
Urban
We're a fully functioning winery - just located in the city instead of the country.
Beyond Wine
While our wines are purist, we also love creating wine beverages - mimosas, sangrias, amaros. We make all kinds of crazy.
Woman Veteran Owned
That'd be Charlie. Feel free to call her Sarge.
![Charlie (aka Clara Van Drunen) at a table with a glass of wine](https://charlieandecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/team-charlie.jpg)
Charlie (aka Clara)
![Echo (aka Eric Van Drunen) at a barrel with a glass of wine](https://charlieandecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/team-echo-scaled.jpg)
Echo (aka Eric)
Beyond Carbon Neutral
In the News
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not created or owned by Charlie & Echo.
![Winemaker "punching down" red grapes](https://charlieandecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-11-16_154136.jpg)
Distro
- San Diego County - Stay Classy Selections
- CA (outside San Diego County), NJ, NY, PA - Nomadic Distribution
- DC, MD, VA - Well Crafted Wine & Beverage Co