EXHIBIT 99.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACTO OF 2002


         In connection with the Quarterly Report of The Chalone Wine Group, Ltd.
(the OCompanyO) on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the OReportO), I,
Thomas B. Selfridge, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

     (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
           15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
     (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
           material respects, the financial condition and result of operations
           of the Company.


/s/ THOMAS B. SELFRIDGE
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Thomas B. Selfridge
President and Chief Executive Officer
August 12, 2002