S.R. Tonella Cellars was founded by Napa Valley native Steve Tonella and his wife Ariadna with a focus entirely on wines from Rutherford. Steve is fourth generation Napan - with his father, grandfather and great uncle all involved in the wine industry in some way - from growing grapes to making wine. Steve's great uncle Joseph Ponti immigrated to San … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2015
BOND
BOND is physical winery, yet more importantly, BOND is a philosophy of creating premium wines from a single variety (Cabernet Sauvignon) from 'grand cru' site specific Napa Valley vineyards. This story begins when founder Bill Harlan owned Merryvale Winery in St. Helena and Bob Levy was his winemaker. At the time Merryvale worked with around 60 vineyards in … [Read more...]
Orison Wines
Orison Wines is a partnership between husband and wife Daniel and Filipa Orison. It is also a partnership that spans multiple wine regions including Portugal and the Napa Valley. Daniel was raised in Maryland and Filipa is from Portugal. Remarkably neither studied wine making or were in the wine business merely several years ago or living in the Napa Valley. … [Read more...]
Greyscale Wines
Greyscale Wines was founded in 2008 by husband wife Jean and Larry Rowe. Jean was raised in Orinda, CA (San Francisco Bay Area); her father John Cunningham planted Zinfandel and Merlot around their property and made home wine while she was growing up. Admittedly the varieties he grew may not have been ideal for the heavy fog often blanketing Orinda, … [Read more...]