With a remarkable growth spurt in such a short time that would make most wineries envious since their inception in 2008 in the United Kingdom, Naked Wines has quickly expanded globally. They operate a winery and adjoining tasting room in Kenwood (in neighboring Sonoma County), are in the Australian market - running online wine sales in Sydney and opened a … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2014
Crosby Roamann
Crosby Roamann. The vision for Crosby Roamann began in New York City in 2006. Husband and wife, Sean and Juliana McBride started making wine in Tribeca in 2006, merely a barrel of grapes they purchased from one of Napa's most well-known vineyard managers, Andy Beckstoffer. Bitten by the bug Sean moved to the valley and started making wine at White Rock … [Read more...]
The Grade Cellars
The Grade Cellars is located in Calistoga and was founded with the purchase of 32 acres by husband and wife, Tom Thorton and Brenda Mixson. Both were living in New York City at the time of this purchase (1997) where Tom was a practicing architect as part of a larger firm. Their first trip to Napa was in 1995 where they met a number of winemakers and others … [Read more...]