Wilson Creek Winery's Military Story & Labels

It all started when the Executive Office of the USS Constellation visited Wilson Creek in 2002.  He fell in love with our wine and wanted us to do a “Captains Private Reserve” for the officers on board the carrier as well as for the Captain to hand out to dignitaries when visiting foreign ports.  In a matter of months Wilson Creek delivered 80 cases of beautifully custom labeled wine.


By way of saying “thank you” to the Wilsons, the captain invited the family to visit and stay on board the USS Constellation.  We flew onto the carrier in a Navy plane during full practice operations off the coast of Catalina.  The trap landing is quite a rush: decelerating from 130mph to 0 in 2 seconds!

Word spread quickly, the Captain of the USS Constellation gave a bottle to the other nuclear carrier in Coronado; the USS John Stennis and shortly thereafter we received orders from the USS John Stennis, USS Nimitz, USS Kinkaid, USS Fitzgerald, USS Truman as well as the for maiden deployment of the USS Ronald Reagan.

To date Wilson Creek has provided our custom labeled wine to 7 aircraft carriers, 5 destroyers, and over 20 other military units.  Our wine has been handed out to a French Admiral, Australian Dignitaries, the Governor of Tasmania, and was taken on board the USS Stennis as they steamed into Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

The captain of the USS Stennis stated “It was wonderful handing out a premium wine and label that represented our ship with class.  The captain of the French Nuclear Aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle especially liked the wine!”

View Our Various Military Label Examples Below...