Hesperian Wines, owned by winemaker Philippe Langner focuses primarily on single vineyard, single variety, small lot wines (Cabernet Sauvignon). From an international point of view, Philippe is one of the Napa Valley's most international vintners having lived on 5 continents over the years. His perspective of the globe is great; he had an envious childhood - … [Read more...]
Charity Case
Website down, no references to any more wine made after 2011. Archiving this review now. Charity Case was originally founded by Pat Woodbridge along with her friend Sheila Daugherty; winemaker Helen Mawson later joined. Pat and Sheila were introduced to each other by their sons - both women sat on the board of directors for The Wolfe Center (a drug and … [Read more...]
Cardinale Estate
Cardinale Estate is located on site of one of the older wineries in Oakville (Robert Pepi, founded 1981) and is located a short drive off of Highway 29 just north of Yountville. The hospitality center and winery are perched on top of a small natural hill. Robert Pepi winery used to specialize in Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Chardonnay. Robert L Pepi's … [Read more...]
Carrefour Vineyards
Carrefour Vineyards is owned and operated by Greg & Marilyn Nitz who founded the winery with the purchase of 18 acres not far from the Silverado Country club just north of the town of Napa. No this winery does not use their last name, rather Carrefour in French means "crossroads" or "meeting place" which is their idea of what wine should be part of - a … [Read more...]
Casa Nuestra Winery
Casa Nuestra Winery (meaning our house in Spanish) was founded in 1980 (with a small production of Chenin Blanc and Grey Riesling as their first commercial vintage) and is located on a 40-acre property on the west side of the northern Silverado Trail. Small lots were produced in 1978 and 1979 but some were not commercially viable and were never released. The … [Read more...]
Castello di Amorosa
Castello di Amorosa opened its doors to the public for the first time on Monday April 9, 2007 - this work of medieval architecture in the new world was conceived by long time Napa vintner Dario Sattui (also known as il padrone), owner of V. Sattui winery. Dario purchased this 171-acre property in March 1993 in what is now the Diamond Mountain District, one … [Read more...]
Caymus Vineyards
Caymus Vineyards is one of Napa's older family owned and operated wineries. From the 'midpoint' of Napa Valley at their home in Rutherford (the winery is located near the “T Intersection” of Rutherford Road and Conn Creek Road), their story is one of extremely hard work; they are one of Napa Valley's true success stories. There are numerous reasons why … [Read more...]
Cederquist Wine Company
Cederquist Wine Company was founded by long time winemaker Dan Cederquist. He started his winery career at Stag's Leap Wine Cellars and then was head winemaker at De Loach Vineyards in Santa Rosa for many years and more recently started making his own wine. His first vintage was released in 2002. His focus is to make high quality red wines from both Sonoma … [Read more...]
Ceja Vineyards
Ceja Vineyards is one of a number of Latino family-owned wineries in the Napa Valley. Ceja Vineyards was founded by 1st generation Mexican American immigrants Pedro and Amelia Ceja and Pedro's brother Armando and his wife Martha. Armando is their primary winemaker. Ceja in Spanish means eyebrow. The Ceja's originally lived in small villages in the state of … [Read more...]
Ceja Vineyards Tasting Room Napa
Tasting room moving to city of Sonoma, October 2014 Ceja Vineyards Tasting Room - Ceja (literally translates to "eyebrow" from Spanish to English) opened their new tasting room in early February 2008 and we visited shortly after they opened (we have since revisited several times). Their location anchors one of the entrances to the Napa Town Center … [Read more...]
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