Jeff Cohn Cellars

Oakland, United States

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10 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 510-465-5900
Website:
www.jeffcohncellars.com
Address:
160 Franklin St, Oakland, CA, 94607
b/t W Embarcadero & 2nd St
Jack London Square
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
0.2 miJack London Square Amtrak
0.5 miLake Merritt
0.6 mi13th Street
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Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Bitcoin
No
Parking
Garage, Street
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
No
By Appointment Only
No
Take-out
No

Today

Today 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Oakland) 08:44 Sunday, 1 June 2025

Business hours

Monday –
Tuesday –
Wednesday –
Thursday –
Friday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Sunday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Description

Specialties

Hand crafted Rhôné varietals — Syrah, Petite Sirah, Grenache, Carignane, Mourvedre, Roussanne, Marsanne, Viognier, and Zinfandels from Sonoma, Alexander Valley, Napa, Paso Robles, Amador County and Rockpile AVAs. Small lot productions ranging from 25 to 2,500 cases for a total production of just under 5,000 cases annually.

History

Established in 1997.

Jeff Cohn began his wine adventure in 1996 as enologist for Rosenblum Cellars in Alameda. Soon after beginning, Jeff started JC Cellars focusing on Rhôné varietals and Zinfandels. Fast forward to today, JC is now Jeff Cohn Cellars, a Rhôné-​centric winery with an immense passion for creating wines with a true sense of place throwing in some Zinfandels for fun!

Meet the Business Owner

Jeff C.

Business Owner

After a past life in the hospitality industry for 13 years, Jeff began his wine adventure in 1996 at 34 after graduating from Fresno State University with a Masters in Agricultural Science and Enology. Experimentation was key to the wine making at Rosenblum and, in fact it was in that atmosphere that allowed Jeff to work with up to 50 different coopers sourcing barrels and different yeast types from all over the world as well as native yeast fermentations. During this time of growth, he helped design Rosenblum’s Rhôné program and isolated a Syrah yeast from the Rockpile Vineyard, where Jeff sources his Syrah, and it is in fact one of the largest selling yeasts for wine making today. Jeff left Rosenblum in 2006 to focus his energies on his own wines.

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10 reviews of Jeff Cohn Cellars

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Place rating: 4
Oakland, CA
Both times I went I enjoyed the wine.
Place rating: 5
Saratoga Springs, NY
Great atmosphere, attentive service and incredible wines. $ 15 for five wines was a great value. I would highly recommend this winery.
Place rating: 5
Livermore, CA
Always excellent wine! First time to the tasting room. A bit small, but may have seemed so because there were so many visitors! Wine is as good as always! Wish they would crack open some of the more expensive wines that are so fabulous! But still enjoyed our visit!
Place rating: 5
Alameda, CA
I was in yesterday for a friends 30th birthday we did not make reservations and had a pretty big group. We had the best time!!! Alana served us and she had the best customer service! We basically just wanted her to hang out with us, she did everything in her power to make sure we had a blast! Including letting us light a giant candle, serve cake and provide us with the utensils. Thank you for making our night!!!
Place rating: 4
Oakland, CA
Stop #3 on my Oakland Wine Tour!
The newest tasting room to hit Oaktown and also the smallest. A nice L-​shaped bar with a high top and a large communal table in the corner (that probably seats about 8). Large windows onto the street making it very open and airy.
Tasting fee: $ 15 for about 4 wines, waived if you make a $ 30+ bottle purchase.
The tasting and the wines are definitely a bit more expensive than Dashe and Cerruti, but with that, they were good. I really enjoyed 2 out of the 4 wines we tasted, the tasting room is solid and it was overall a fun experience. At this point, I was a few wineries deep — so specific wines escape me, my b! Go forth and taste for yourself!
Ilana/​Elana who was (wo)manning the room solo handled the crowd and was quite sweet and very non pressuring to buy wine or even join the wine club, which is always appreciated.
A nice little pit stop and on this specific night they were serving some delicious cookies, BONUS!
Place rating: 5
San Leandro, CA
Jeff makes some great wines. Have been a fan since he opened the tasting room on 4th Street, and continue to be one as a club member. The reds are very drinkable, but they age very well, also. Whites can be minerally and are great with food. I have found the tasting room staff to be pleasant and knowledgeable. Yes, prices are probably out of range of the casual drinker, but for people who want a great wine, the prices are fairly comparable to well known Napa and Sonoma wineries, without having to make the trip.
Place rating: 4
Oakland, CA
Another quality Jack London Square winery, now in a new tasting room of its own in the heart of the neighborhood. I’ve visited both its old tasting room (shared with Dashe, down the street) and its new one, and the wines are consistently good. Their reds are particularly bold and noteworthy, whether their syrah, zinfandel, or cabernet sauvignon. And I can’t remember the name of the young man who ran the tasting room when I last visited, but he was particularly knowledgeable, engaging, and helpful.
With so many good wineries within steps of my home, my wine storage is now overflowing! Not a bad problem to have, I guess.
Place rating: 2
Redwood City, CA
We came here yesterday as the culmination tasting room of our Oakland wine tasting experience, to celebrate my sister’s birthday. The wines were decent, although pricey for the area and the tasting fee seemed high, at $ 15. What really disappointed us however, was the service. The woman who served us was unfriendly and seemed disinterested. She also didn’t seem to know much about the wines and acted as if she wanted the experience to end as quickly as possible. I had initially planned on buying a bottle there, but after the poor service, we just wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. It’s too bad that we ended here because the other tasting rooms that we visited in the area exceeded our expectations.
Place rating: 2
Oakland, CA
I was really excited about trying this place with my coworkers but it was a big letdown. The wines were so-​so. The tasting fee of $ 15 was exorbitant. I thought I would at least be able to recoup the fee by purchasing a bottle of the rose, which was the only wine that I enjoyed. Unfortunately, I was told their policy required the purchase of at least three bottles before I could get a credit. Given the quality and cost of the wine, I didn’t feel it was worth dropping any more money here. It’s too bad they could have made a sale.
Place rating: 5
Castro Valley, CA
Gorgeous room — the team is attentive, personable and very knowledgable — Shannon is amazing!
Jeff brings exquisite French tastes to oakland –even the weather was delicious — be sure to taste «first date» and «St. Peter’s church zin»