Sterling Vineyards is located in the northern part of Napa Valley; this property is well setup for tourism. Sterling has Napa's only winery aerial tram system; the ride lasts a few minutes, whisking guests from the parking lot to the winery and visitor center located on top of a 300-foot wooded volcanic knoll that rises from the valley floor. The name … [Read more...]

Storybook Mountain Vineyards (Seps Estate) is one of Napa Valley's northernmost wineries (almost to the Sonoma County line north of the town of Calistoga). The winery and vineyards are located far from all the traffic and tasting rooms commonly found further south; this is a quiet and peaceful part of Napa Valley. One comes to Storybook for several reasons; … [Read more...]

Sullivan Rutherford Estate, previously known as Sullivan Family Vineyards was founded by the late Jim Sullivan and his wife JoAnna. Jim was a graphic design artist in Los Angeles; his firm Sullivan Graphic Arts became a well-known firm in the city, working with several well prominent rock bands and others in the 1950s and 1960s including for the Monkees and … [Read more...]

Summit Lake Vineyards was founded by Bob and Sue Brakesman. Bob attended UC Berkely to study mechanical engineering and later earned his degree from San Jose State University. Bob purchased their property on Howell Mountain in 1971; there were some old pre-prohibition vines growing on site at that time, but the property was really over run and even the old … [Read more...]

Surh Cellars was founded by Don Surh and Gary Luchtel whose original winery name, Surh-Luchtel Cellars was a combination of their last names. By 2015 the Surh-Luchtel brand was retired, and Don began to bottle wines only under Surh Cellars. Gary is no longer involved with Surh Cellars. They were college roommates in Oakland in the 1970s which is where they … [Read more...]

Sutter Home Winery. The property that houses the Sutter Home tasting room and what was the old Sutter Home Winery dates back to 1874 as it relates to wine making operations. This site was originally home to the John Thomann Winery and Distillery built in 1874 - Thomann had purchased this property from one of the Napa Valley's original vineyard owners, John … [Read more...]