Buoncristiani Family Winery was founded in 1999 by brothers Matt and Jay Buoncristiani; today their other two siblings, Nate and Aaron are also actively involved with the winery operations. Their parents, Rob and Mimi are originally from San Francisco; they moved the family to Sonoma from the San Jose area where they lived for a very short while soon … [Read more...]
CADE Estate Winery
CADE Estate Winery, under the same ownership as PlumpJack, is part of a select group owning more than one physical winery within Napa Valley. The two founders of The PlumpJack Group are San Francisco's former mayor Gavin Newsom and philanthropist, composer and entrepreneur Gordon Getty. John Conover who joined Plumpjack in 1999 is also a principal and is the … [Read more...]
D Cubed Cellars
D Cubed Cellars - perhaps Napa's only exclusively Zinfandel producer, D Cubed Cellars was founded by winemaker Duane Dappen in 1994. And in case you are wondering about the cubed in the name, it represents the three D's in David's name - Duane David Dappen. Napa's ZinMaster spent his early years living in Los Angeles - his family moved to the Sierra Nevada … [Read more...]
Eagle & Rose
Eagle & Rose wines were available for tasting in Napa Valley at A Dozen Vintners north of St. Helena until that tasting room closed down in early 2014. Should you enjoy the wines there or happen to taste them elsewhere you can make the long trek up to Pope Valley either via Angwin or the more southerly route starting with Highway 128 (Sage Canyon Road). This … [Read more...]
Failla Wines
Failla Wines was founded by winemaker Ehren Jordan and Anne-Marie Failla; the winery is named after the middle name of Ehren's eldest daughter. Today, Ehren is the sole proprietor of Failla Wines. Ehren's wine making career has been one of learning by doing. Rather than graduating from UC Davis with a degree in Enology and Viticulture, he graduated from … [Read more...]
G Wine Cellars
G Wine Cellars is run by Garrett Ahnfeldt a Napa native who has long nurtured a passion for wine. He is not the only one in his family to own a Napa wine label; father Bruce ran the Ahnfeldt label with vintages produced from 2002 until 2015. Garrett grew up among grape vines - during our visit with him, he recalled getting an early start on his vineyard … [Read more...]
Ilsley Vineyards
Ilsley Vineyards are located in the Stags Leap District - the family roots date back over 100 years in the Napa Valley when patriarch of the family, Ernest Ilsley was born in Napa in 1912. His career was not in the wine industry but rather working at Basalt Rock Company (later became Kaiser Steel of Napa). Ernest and his wife Laura "June" Ilsley began … [Read more...]
Davies Vineyards
Davies Vineyards was originally founded at the historical Schramsberg Winery in the Diamond Mountain appellation just south of Calistoga. Davies is named after Jack Davies, who along with his wife Jamie, founded and restored the modern day Schramsberg - one of the earliest wineries in Napa Valley, originally founded in 1862 (still in the midst of the … [Read more...]
Karl Lawrence Cellars
Karl Lawrence Cellars was founded by three partners in 1991 including Ric Henry, his brother Bryan and winemaker Michael Trujillo (who we originally met and who is no longer involved with Karl Lawrence). Ric and Bryan met Michael at a Christmas party in 1989 and Brian suggested they make some wine. In 1990 Brian and Ric made two barrels of Zinfandel in … [Read more...]
Ladera Vineyards
Ladera Vineyards was originally founded in 1998 by Anne & Pat Stotesbery although their first commercial release was from the 1999 vintage. Both met while attending college in the San Francisco Bay Area (Anne at the University of San Francisco and Pat at Stanford University). They would visit Napa Valley during various trips (Anne's grandmother lived in … [Read more...]
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