Black Cat Vineyard was founded by Tracey Reichow (died in late 2023 after a two year battle with cancer) in 1996; her first commercial vintage was in 2004. Prior to her career in wine, she was one of the first women to work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. In the early 1980s she visited Napa Valley because of some work she was doing for Robert … [Read more...]
Black Coyote Winery
Black Coyote Winery was founded in 2000 by Dr. Ernest Bates (and 3 partners). Dr. Bates is an esteemed neurosurgeon who created one of the first African American owned wineries in the Napa Valley (Bates Creek). He has lived in the Napa area full time since 1999 and was one of the founding members of the Association of African American Vintners. He has been … [Read more...]
Black Stallion Winery
Black Stallion Winery began virtually - meaning they did not own a physical winery or property (their first release dates from 2002). Their hospitality center opened to the public in May 2007. The 38-acre property is located off of the southern part of Silverado Trail in the Oak Knoll Appellation. We visited several times during the construction as well … [Read more...]
Bouchaine Vineyards
Bouchaine Vineyards (not to be confused with Bouchon Winery in Healdsburg in neighboring Sonoma County) is the oldest continually operating winery in the Carneros District and one of the southernmost wineries in Napa Valley. Vines and fruit trees were first planted in the late 1890s by a man named Boon Fly (a restaurant in his namesake operates at the nearby … [Read more...]
Bounty Hunter
Bounty Hunter is a bistro with a wine tasting bar located on the west side of the Napa River just down the street from the Napa Town Center shopping area. Parking in front is 24 minutes from 8 to 5, Sundays excepted, but there is side street parking and nearby parking garages. The "bounty hunter" was founder Mark Pope. Mark began this wine bar and shop … [Read more...]
Bourassa Vineyards
Bourassa Vineyards is located just south of Napa; it is one of quite a few wineries south of Napa that we are aware of located in Industrial/Business parks. Don’t let the business park “flavor” fool you – a tasting and tour at this winery is a unique experience and it is well worth your time to make an appointment if you are in the Napa area. From the … [Read more...]
Boyd Family Vineyards
Boyd Family Vineyards (never to be confused with the winery/vineyard of the same exact name down in Argentina) is located in the heart of the Oak Knoll district just north of the town of Napa and was founded by Stan and Joan Boyd (with their first vintage from 2000). Conveniently using their last name for their wine, Stan likes to joke that Boyd also stands … [Read more...]
Bremer Family Winery
Bremer Family Winery is a historic winery located on Deer Park Road just minutes from the Silverado Trail and Napa Valley on the slopes of Howell Mountain near the small community of Deer Park. This was the 200th Napa winery that we visited as part of our research for Napa Wine Project; we have since completed more than 1,100 visits, tastings and extensive … [Read more...]
Brick Angel
Brick Angel wines is a small project started by Jason & Angelique Ball in 2006. We had the opportunity to meet Jason several times at Moss Creek Winery where he makes his wines. He also consults and makes wine for another Napa winery. Brick Angel started out extremely small with just several hundred cases. Their first wine was a Cabernet Sauvignon rosé which … [Read more...]
Broman Cellars
Broman Cellars was founded by Bob Broman in 1994 when he crafted his first vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon - this inaugural vintage was only 148 cases - production while still very small has grown to slightly over 1,100 cases annually with additional varieties and wines produced. Winemaker, Bob Broman is from Walnut Creek (San Francisco Bay Area); he … [Read more...]
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