EXHIBIT  99.1


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


     In connection  with the Annual Report of The Chalone Wine Group,  Ltd. (the
"Company")  on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Thomas
B. Selfridge,  Chief Executive Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  ss. 1350, as adopted  pursuant to ss. 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
March 31, 2003