During our visit to Felco headquarters, we learned about the company’s origins, values, production methods, and long-standing commitment to quality. Felco was founded in 1945 by Felix Flisch, who had previously worked with a company producing pruning shears. He believed there was an opportunity to create a better tool using lighter aluminum handles and ... [Read More]

Introduces the T.A.S.T.E. Verified Experience℠ designation to help wine lovers discover these wineries NAPA AND SONOMA, Calif. – Family-run wineries producing fewer than 5,000 cases annually now have a new collective voice with the launch of the Micro-Winery Guild (MWG), an organization created to protect, promote, and economically strengthen small ... [Read More]

Purchase tickets here: www.oakvillewinegrowers.org/event-6268816 As either a subscriber/reader of the Napa Wine Project or a club member of Dave's Wines (the official wine club of the Napa Wine Project), you are entitled to special pricing on Taste of Oakville. Please choose the Winery Club ticket ($225) and when prompted, enter the promo code OVClub26 to ... [Read More]

The Thomson family history in Napa Valley dates back to 1938, when grower and proprietor of Thomson Vineyard, Jennifer Thomson's great-grandmother, Jenny Ophelia Barnum Thomson, and her husband, Matthew Alexander Thomson (Sr.) relocated from Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl. Matthew and his two brothers helped build the Oklahoma City airport before moving west ... [Read More]

It was another extremely busy year in Napa Valley; we visited, tasted with and profiled 40 new Napa Valley wineries/producers bringing us to a total of 1,260 now completed for the Napa Wine Project. For reference, that was only one less than the previous year. We continued to taste up and down the valley most every day and updated the majority of our active ... [Read More]

While we have known about the highest elevation vineyards in Napa Valley for many years, we finally took some time to pinpoint the highest vines on each of these properties. For reference the highest vineyards in Napa Valley are: The highest vineyard in Napa County is the Harris Blue Ridge Vineyard planted to Zinfandel; their highest vines are at an ... [Read More]

We achieved a milestone platform this year reaching our 1,200th Napa Valley winery or brand personally visited, tasted with and profiled; for reference that coveted producer was Sylvan Lake. We added 41 new Napa Valley winery/brand profiles to this site in 2024 reaching 1,219 to date as of December 31, 2024. We have many brands to visit with still but very ... [Read More]

Join the Vintner's Vanguard for an unforgettable afternoon of wine tasting and celebration at Brasswood Winery Estate. Vintner's Vanguard is an annual Grand Tasting event that gives you the unique opportunity to taste current and newly released wines from the boutique producers of Brasswood Cellars. This event is a true celebration of our community's ... [Read More]

We have reached a point in our project where we are visiting, tasting and writing about between 40 and 50 new Napa Valley based producers each year. We visited, tasted and added exactly 50 new reviews of Napa wineries/brands to the site in 2023. This leaves us less than 25 new reviews of Napa wineries/brands for 2024 to reach another coveted milestone, 1,200 ... [Read More]

Dave’s Wines began as a value-added service to readers of the Napa Wine Project in 2023. Since 2006 Dave has visited, tasted and interviewed more than 1,150 wineries and brands in Napa Valley and created extensive written reviews of each one. He continues to revisit wineries and stay current with the pulse of Napa Valley. He knows the valley extremely well ... [Read More]