Stagiaire Wine

Stagiaire means apprentice in French. It is what Brent Mayeaux was called when he turned up in the Jura to learn from Philippe Bornard, and he built a winery around the humility of the word.

Brent grew up in New Orleans and trained as an engineer before fermentation won. He staged with Bornard in the Jura and worked with Gareth Belton of Gentle Folk in the Adelaide Hills, absorbing a single conviction: if the farming is right, the winemaking should get out of the way. He launched Stagiaire in 2018 from a facility on Treasure Island, in the middle of San Francisco Bay.

The fruit comes from organically and regeneratively farmed sites along a coastal strip running from Santa Cruz up through West Sonoma County, where cold Pacific air keeps acidity high and sugars restrained. He works with Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel and Syrah among others, adapting vintage by vintage.

Everything is zero-zero: spontaneous fermentation, nothing added, nothing removed, no added sulfites. Production runs to about 15,000 bottles a year, made essentially single-handed. These are careful, precise wines rather than rowdy ones.

More on how they farm and work in the cellar in our Stagiaire Wine producer profile.

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Stagiaire Wine It's Your Birthday 2022/2023, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
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Stagiaire Wine It's Your Birthday 2022/2023
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Stagiaire Wine Plastic Stars and Paper Moons 2022, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
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Sapphire 2018
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Still Life with Woodyard 2018
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Stagiaire Wine Eternal Return Pinot Noir 2023, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
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Stagiaire Wine Let's Get Fizzical 2022, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
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Stagiaire Wine Let's Get Fizzical 2022
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Sea Shells She Sells 2018
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Stagiaire Wine Relief in Ambiguity Pinot Noir 2024, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
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Stagiaire Wine Relief in Ambiguity Pinot Noir 2024
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Stagiaire Wine Your Touch and the Breeze 2023, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
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Stagiaire Wine Still Life with Hillside 2022, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
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Stagiaire Wine Consistency in Chaos 2023, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
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Stagiaire Wine Consistency in Chaos 2023
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Stagiaire Wine Sunset in Undertow 2021, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
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Stagiaire Wine Sunset in Undertow 2021
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Stagiaire Wine This Slant of Light Chardonnay 2023, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
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Stagiaire Wine This Slant of Light Chardonnay 2023
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Stagiaire Wine Shadows on a Hill Chardonnay 2023, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
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Stagiaire Wine Dust in the Tides 2023, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
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Stagiaire Wine Dust in the Tides 2023
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Frequently asked questions

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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Signature on delivery is mandatory for wine deliveries. Please make sure someone is at the shipping address to sign for the package.

If applicable, please consider delivering the package to a business address to ensure someone is available to sign for the package.

We also have the option of delivering the package to a Carrier's store for pickup. Please reach out to us to coordinate.

Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

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If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

1) Reship the package right away: due to the very high cost of shipping and returns, we must charge a re-shipping fee to be determined based on package size and shipping destination.

2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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