Located on Highway 101 in Leucadia, California, Caves is a wine bar & shop, and online retailer owned and operated by Gavin and Amy Barnes. Their wine bar offers a regularly rotating selection of wines by the glass, as well as a curated inventory of bottles with a European lean available to drink in or take home. Online, they offer shipping throughout California.

In the Spring of 2017, after spending four years as the beverage manager at London's Vinoteca, I was fortunate enough to get a gig making wine in South Africa with Craig Wessels of Restless River. And then later on in the fall of that year, I was given another opportunity to work with Mark Haisma in the famed region of Burgundy, France. The experiences of making wine deepened my already booming enthusiasm in wine, but also educated me in ways that I was yet to find in a textbook. I was hooked and the idea of Caves was born.

  
A few years and a global pandemic later, I am now accompanied by my wife, fellow wine lover, and expert mixologist, Amy. Together, we operate Caves Wine Bar & Shop, located in Leucadia, California as a place to share the amazing wines of the world that we have come to know and love. We hand-select everything, representing winemakers who create meticulous, hand-crafted wines with character and elegance. The goal is to be a place to find wines you may have never heard of, while also seeing a few world class brands, sold at competitive prices.

As well as being a retail store and wine bar, we also operate online and offer a flat shipping rate of $15 on any case 1-6 bottles and $25 any case 6-12 bottles throughout California.

Check out our selection of wines in our Encinitas wine shop online today!

If you are on your own path of discovering wine then you are most likely going down the rabbit hole of mystery, confusion and discovery. It's an exciting place to be and one that we can help guide you down. The Caves Wine Club is probably the best way to be introduced to wines you most likely wouldn't choose or find in your local grocery store. 

Our wine club is a favorite amongst our local clients and is centered around a new wine region each and every month to help you learn about the world of wine. Explore new wines and develop your wine palate over time by signing up today. Here are the perks of our wine club:

• 2 unique bottles of wine focused on a new wine region.
• 10% off all retail bottles purchased online or in-person.
• Detailed email fact sheet to educate you on the wine and the region.
• One complimentary 3 oz. pour when collecting your wines.
• Zero obligations - pause or cancel anytime.

Are you ready to start your wine journey? Join our Encinitas wine club to start learning about new wine today. 

Get in touch and tell us what you're looking for! We are happy to suggest wines, connect on social media @caveswinebar and put together a mixed case of anything you're after.

Until then, cheers.

Gavin & Amy