Nottingham Cellars was founded in 2009 by the Cranor family with the sole intention of producing world class wine. The winery spent its first decade in the historic Livermore Valley with Collin Cranor heading up winemaking operations. Today, Cranor is joined by Craig Ploof as Director of Winemaking and a team of production and hospitality professionals with a mission to produce elegant, fruit driven wines from iconic vineyards.

In 2019, the winery made the decision to source fruit from Napa Valley. The resulting wines would go on to form the foundation of Grape Culture, a brand focused exclusively on single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon.

Between 2020 and 2021, the team built a new production facility in Napa and relocated operations to the heart of wine country. Both Collin Cranor and Craig Ploof moved to Napa to support the project, and in 2021, they produced their first wines in the new facility.

Grape Culture quickly gained critical acclaim. Within its first three vintages, the brand earned more than fifty 90+ scores from top critics, including eighteen ratings of 95 points or higher.

In 2025, Typicité was officially merged with Nottingham Cellars and Grape Culture under a unified banner—Syndicate Wines.