A significant part of an already significant project involves taking numerous trips (both cars and flights) – to any space or place that is very strongly connected to wineries within the Napa Valley – within California, domestically or ... [Read More]
2020 Napa Valley Wrap up and Review
Looking for our 2019 wrap-up? It is posted here. During a very bizarre year, the number of fortuitous events in 2020 was remarkable. It all started in the desert in March when I immediately headed out on what would be numerous domestic ... [Read More]
Introducing Migliavacca Wine Company
Every so often on my relentless pursuit of visiting, tasting with and promoting all Napa Valley based wineries and producers - I discover brands that combine intriguing history, cool owners and excellent wines. Earlier this year I met ... [Read More]
Organic Aromas – Nebulizing Diffuser for Aromatherapy
When one smells and tastes wine partly for a living, one's sense becomes acutely aware of smells. I remember as a child I could smell minute particles of smoke in the air, well before anyone else picked up on the aromas - often from fires a ... [Read More]
Top 12 Winery Luxury Spaces in the Napa Valley
Over the past 15 years I have been tasting up and down the cozy confines of the Napa Valley - from valley floor to hillside. With well over 1,000 Napa Valley wineries and producers visited with to date, my journeys have taken me into some ... [Read More]
Glass Fire, Napa Valley 2020
Of all the bad winery and vineyard news that has been reported from the Glass Fire, from a historical point of view - the loss of La Perla hurts *the most*. I mean this was a significant loss, not only for Spring Mountain Vineyard but for ... [Read More]
OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING ACTIVE NAPA VALLEY BASED WINERIES WITH VINTAGES RELEASED EVERY YEAR SINCE MINIMUM OF 1979 OR OLDER
The following are active Napa Valley based wineries or producers with oldest continuously operating vintage listed - and their first vintage listed if different (IE if there was a period of inactivity). Quite a few Napa wineries ... [Read More]
Sill Family Vineyard, Atlas Peak Merlot
This is a guest post from Igor Sill, Napa vintner and winemaker Merlot is a variety that has a great deal of its own signature nuance, its own way of expressing itself and I believe it resonates well while listening to George Gershwin's ... [Read More]
Napa Wine Project Year in Review, 2019
In 2019 we revisited and updated reviews for 250+ Napa Valley based wineries, brands and tasting rooms - continuously updating our existing reviews. Due to all of our revisits and travels seeking Napa Valley around the state of California, ... [Read More]
Napa’s Wild Wines
Editors note: this is a guest piece from Igor Sill, proprietor of Sill Family Vineyard on Atlas Peak. Vineyard Microbiology – native, indigenous wild yeast, which surrounds the vineyards, pervades the world of wine. The role of ... [Read More]
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