Road 31 Wine Co , formerly Green Truck Cellars, is owned and operated by Kent Fortner. As with several other small wineries we have visited with, he is a wine man show...err, one man show - vineyard manager, the winemaker, and sales guy. Nothing like having the vintner show up in his green truck with bottles of his own hand-crafted wine available for sale. … [Read more...]

Saint Helena Winery is located a few minutes' drive north east of the town of St. Helena and is bordered by the Napa River and York Creek and is near the Silverado Trail. While the property is surrounded by other vineyards in a rural setting, the winery and grounds are actually within the city limits of St. Helena. This property is about 19 acres. This … [Read more...]

St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery was founded by the Skalli Family. Robert Skalli's wine making heritage stretches back to the 1920s when his grandfather began making wine in Algeria eventually amassing thousands of acres of vineyards, ultimately owning some 600,000 acres in that country. Robert purchased the Dollarhide Ranch in Napa's Pope Valley in 1982 … [Read more...]

Staglin Family Vineyard is tucked away in a little visited southern part of the Rutherford Appellation, despite being a very short drive from the often busy Highway 29. Their focus is on premium limited production wines; the winery was founded by Sharalyn (Shari) and Garen Staglin (both UCLA graduates from the class of 1966) and their two children Brandon … [Read more...]

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (apostrophe before the S) was founded in 1972 (first vintage) by Warren Winiarski (originally from Chicago, died in June 2024). In May 2023, the winery was acquired by Italy based Marchesi Antinori, also owners of Antinori Napa Valley. "Winiarski" in Polish according to Google Translate means wine, or other definitions show as being … [Read more...]

Stags' Leap Winery (apostrophe after the s) is a very historical winery with an extremely colorful history (originally established in 1893 with the first vintage) located off of the Silverado Trail on a shared road by residences and wineries alike. For many years there was no winery sign on the Silverado Trail and people would drive by and never know about … [Read more...]

Stanton Vineyards has roots in Napa Valley dating back to 1947 when Jesse Stanton (a San Francisco native) first purchased acreage in the valley (100 acres in Yountville). He kept acquiring land and by the late 1950s owned nearly 220 acres in Napa Valley. Today the Stanton's own 75 acres of vineyards including two sites within a short distance of each … [Read more...]