Hard Work Pays off for Magnus James!

June 1st 2024 - At the 2024 Sunset Magizine International Wine Competition, "The Trades" 2021 Howell Mount Cabernet Sauvignon won a double medal with a rating of 96 points!

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GOLD at 2024 SF Chronicle

We are so very proud and humbled by how well "The Mentor" 2021 Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon showed and the overwhelming positive feedback has been.

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The Magnus James Mission

"The best prize life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing"

- Theodore Roosevelt

Our mission is to salute and pay tribute to the hard working good Samaritan in each of us, to recognize everyone doing work worth doing.

We bring you unique, single vineyard wines, named after specific jobs, trades or practices.

Our Founder's Journey:

John Powell Billings hails from St. Helena, California, located in the Northern Napa Valley. He is a graduate of Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo and a veteran of the United States Air Force.

He's a HUGE fan of meaningful quotes and all those little sayings that help you reflect and improve your life. You'll see at least one on every bottle of Magnus James Wine. These are not here because they're pretty, or catchy, or popular. They're shared because I believe they can help improve your life.

"To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society." - Theodore Roosevelt

The best thing we can do for the world around us is to share these ideas and viewpoints in favor of quality hard work, higher education & moral fortitude. We also make some high quality, award winning wines too!

OUR WINE COLLECTION

Our Wine Club

  • The Basics

    Click the "Sign up for the wine club" button. Every year, you'll receive x6 shipments of x2 bottles of our latest release, discounted 10% from retail, plus a free gift from us here as a Thank You for believing in our mission.

  • When do I get my wine?

    Wine club shipments & deliveries are released between the 15th 21st of every even numbered month (Feb, Apr, June, Aug, Oct, Dec). If you sign up in between months, we will ship you the previous club release.

  • The Fine Print

    By signing up, you'll be committing to at least one full year of club releases from the date of signup. You will receive an email reminding you about your upcoming shipment or delivery on the first of that same month.
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