# Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurants

> Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurants combines an upscale-casual restaurant, full-service bar, tasting room, retail shop and proprietary wine club in one suburban-friendly format. Founded by Tim McEnery in 2005, the private company uses monthly bottle pickups, dining rewards and member events to turn a recurring wine subscription into repeat restaurant traffic. Its official founder page now reports 76 restaurants and tasting rooms, more than 874,000 members, over 60 core wine varietals and more than 10,650 employees.

- **Founded:** 2005
- **Headquarters:** Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
- **Founders:** Tim McEnery (Founder and CEO)
- **Team size:** More than 10,650 employees reported on the company's official founder page
- **Products:** Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant, Cooper's Hawk Wine Club, Proprietary wine portfolio, Tasting Room and Marketplace, Private events, catering and carryout
- **Notable:** Built what the company describes as the world's largest wine club, with more than 874,000 members., Expanded to 76 restaurants and tasting rooms across 14 states, according to its official founder page., Earned nearly 600 national and international wine awards across a portfolio of more than 60 core varietals.

## Products & services

- **Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant** — A four-part venue combining an upscale-casual restaurant, full-service bar, private dining and a Napa-style tasting room with retail marketplace.
- **Cooper's Hawk Wine Club** — Month-to-month memberships with one, two or three bottles, monthly releases, tastings, points, discounts, dinners and access to events and travel.
- **Proprietary wine portfolio** — More than 60 core varietals and blends made from grapes sourced from global wine regions, sold through company venues and direct channels.
- **Tasting Room and Marketplace** — Walk-in wine tastings plus retail bottles, decanters, accessories, gifts and gourmet products.
- **Private events, catering and carryout** — Private dining rooms, event packages, off-premise meals and catering tied to the restaurant network.
- **Cooper's Hawk mobile app** — Member account management, points, tasting notes, rewards, gifting and in-app payment tools.
- **Piccolo Buco by Cooper's Hawk** — A Roman pizza concept developed with Luca Issa and integrated with Cooper's Hawk wines and member benefits.
- **Wine Club experiences** — Member dinners, chef and winemaker events, wine-country benefits and hosted culinary travel.

## Achievements

- Built what the company describes as the world's largest wine club, with more than 874,000 members.
- Expanded to 76 restaurants and tasting rooms across 14 states, according to its official founder page.
- Earned nearly 600 national and international wine awards across a portfolio of more than 60 core varietals.
- Named a Nation's Restaurant News Hot Concept and Breakout Brand; founder Tim McEnery received its 2019 Golden Chain Award.
- Received Restaurant Business's Pacesetter Award for leadership and growth.
- Esquire by Cooper's Hawk received Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence recognition in 2020 and 2021.
- Established a multi-year role as official wine partner of the SAG Awards / Actor Awards.
- Awarded ten scholarships to Black American wine professionals in a program announced in 2020 and completed in 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — The official founder page reported 76 restaurants and tasting rooms in 14 states, more than 874,000 Wine Club members and more than 10,650 employees.
- **2025-11** — Piccolo Buco opened its first Florida location in the Carrollwood area of Tampa, extending the Roman pizza concept beyond Illinois.
- **2025-08** — The second Piccolo Buco location opened in Naperville, Illinois.
- **2025-02** — Cooper's Hawk returned for an eighth year as official wine partner and Green Room presenter of the SAG Awards, with fundraising connected to Los Angeles wildfire relief.
- **2025-01** — The company appointed Dawn Phillipson as CFO, Linda Bartman as chief customer officer and Dave Harris as CTO to support expansion, personalization and digital capabilities.
- **2024-02** — Artist's Red Blend and Artist's White Blend were featured through the company's seventh SAG Awards partnership and released to Wine Club members.

## Links

- Website: https://chwinery.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cooper%27s-hawk-winery-and-restaurants
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CHWinery
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CHWinery
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chwinery
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coopershawk
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coopershawk

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Last updated: 2026-08-14