Hello all! I was hoping to gain some insight on the best way to obtain some Kalin Cellars offerings. I’ve seen some stuff on winebid but that’s pretty much it. Could someone point me in the right direction on where to start?
Looking more for whites than reds.
Thanks, Troy
I think @William_Kelley bought the whole cellar? 
Boy, I used to love their Chards back in the 80s/90s. What happened to them? When did they stop production?
If you were not aware, Terry Leighton died in 2023. William Kelley wrote a nice remembrance. What remains is in private collections and will appear at auction occasionally.
IIRC they usually released the wines like 20+ years past vintage, correct? Surely there must have been a fair amount of unreleased wine before Terry passed?
From the obituary:
Kalin stopped producing after the 2001 vintage. So there is a fair bit of unreleased wine from the late 1990s through 2001, and a bit of “library” stock going back to the very first days of the winery in the mid 1970s! There are also some sparkling wines, including late disgorged stuff from 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992 which are some of the most interesting traditional method I’ve tried from outside Champagne.
How would I go by obtaining some of these? 
Totally agree! Was fortunate to source a couple bottles of 1988 Sparkling Rose and the one i opened last year was magic!
1988 Kalin Cellars Cuvee Rose Reserve, California Sparkling Wine. I purchased this recently from an absolutely pristine cellar where it had been stored, untouched, since release. So after the recent praise on the Blanc from the one and only @wgfkelley , needless to say I was pretty damn excited to open this. As always, my guy Mr. Kelley was spot on. This was absolutely incredible! As in…one of the better sparkling wines I’ve had in a long time. Beautiful pale salmon color with plenty or bubbles (see the 3rd pic/video) and a great nose filled with yeasty citrus and strawberries. In the mouth this is just amazing. Vinuous, energetic, and very fresh with more strawberries, baked bread, and some slightly bitter minerality on the very long finish. Blind, you would be hard pressed to clock this as a 35 year old sparkling wine from CA. A total stunner and a contender for one of my top wines of the year. Life is good!
A huge fan of their Semillon. Where is there some available?
If I were to guess, something like how K&L did fulfillment for Au Bon Climat’s library release sale last year might happen eventually… fingers crossed.