closclavier

Clos Clavier is a boutique winery founded by Jeff and Bernadette Clavier in Walla Walla, WA.

Visit to learn more or purchase some wine.

[closclavier @closclavier]

Excited to share that our wines are now carried by the The Thief in Walla Walla! 🍷

[closclavier @closclavier]

@naynerz @jeff @Bernadette Ranee, just FYI we just launched a tasting sku: one bottle of each wine. Check out https://t.co/fXB1YFP9ts 🍷

[closclavier @closclavier]

Thank you so much @jsmarr. Enjoy!

[Joseph Smarr @jsmarr]

After watching him back so many great startups over the years, I'm excited to finally have the chance to back* @jeff 's own new startup!

*by buying and drinking the amazing wine he's started making @closclavier

[closclavier @closclavier]

Thrilled to share that, after 18 months in the making, @bernadette and @jeff have launched Clos Clavier!
Our inaugural release features two wines: a Condrieu-inspired white and a Priorat-style red blend. Only 150 cases are available.

Visit https://t.co/3ufObRPP88 to learn more.

[Andy McLoughlin @Bandrew]

I'm excited to announce @uncorkcap's investment in @DuckbillHQ, leading their $7.75M seed round.

Over the last decade, Duckbill has become the go-to consultancy for the "nine figure club", i.e. the world's largest spenders on cloud infrastructure (including names like Delta Airlines, Ticketmaster, Epic Games, NewRelic, Washington Post).

Co-founders @mikejulian and @QuinnyPig are now productizing their encyclopedic knowledge and strongly-held views into a platform for every business consumer of cloud infra (AWS, Azure, GCP), SaaS (Datadog, Snowflake), and AI tokens (Anthropic, OpenAI).

Their contrarian pitch: the cloud cost management sector, commonly known in the industry as FinOps, is fixated on making bills smaller, when the real problem is that nobody can predict what the costs will be next month. Unsurprisingly (not), CFOs love predictability.

For any seed investment I ask the following questions: is the market large, is the market growing, and do the founders have an unfair advantage. The answer for all of these is a resounding yes (Corey's legendary podcast, "This Week in AWS", provides reach and authority that any CMO will kill for.)

Welcome Mike and Corey to the portfolio, and a big yay for another Uncork and @heavybit co-investment! 🚀

https://t.co/kjFEKg8rAp

[closclavier @closclavier]

First blends tasted with @peterdevison, our awesome winemaker. Three different barrels of Viognier for our 2025 “Liquid Pref”, and figuring out the components of our 2024 “Series B” which is a blend of Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah.