Clos du Val (founded in 1972, means "small vineyard estate of a small valley" in French) is still under original ownership. The winery was founded by an American businessman and prolific patron of the arts, John Goelet (died in early 2023 at age 91) & his wife Henrietta. Goelet lived a very full life; he was the son of a French mother and an American father. … [Read more...]
COHO Wines
COHO Wines was founded by Gary Lipp (who we originally met at a trade tasting and followed up with for a private tasting 15 years later) and Brooks Painter both of whom are Napa wine industry veterans. The first vintage of COHO was in 2002 two bottlings of Pinot Noir, one from Stanly Ranch on the Napa side of Carneros and from the Del Rio Vineyard in the … [Read more...]
Diamond Mountain Vineyard
Diamond Mountain Vineyard (formerly CONSTANT Diamond Mountain Vineyard). One leaves the valley floor just south of Calistoga, carefully navigating the narrow Diamond Mountain Road as it winds through redwood trees and soon begins its climb up the rugged eastern facing slopes of Diamond Mountain. Typically allow about 10-12 minutes to drive from the bottom of … [Read more...]
Harlan Estate
Harlan Estate. We had been looking forward to visiting Harlan Estate for some time. This was one of our special visits on this project; it was the 600th review of an active winery/producer to appear on this site. And remarkably, we have since more than doubled this number with over 1,200 unique Napa Valley wineries/producers personally visited, tasted with … [Read more...]
Corison Winery
Corison Winery was founded in 1987 by wine maker Cathy Corison; her husband William Martin is also co-owner of the winery). Cathy first caught the wine bug when she was studying Biology at Pomona College in Claremont, CA. She took an elective course on viticulture from professor and wine writer, John Hager, and was hooked. As a result, she ended up going to … [Read more...]
Cosentino Winery
Cosentino Winery was founded by self-taught winemaker Mitch Cosentino in 1980. Mitch is the first person we have met born in Gustine, California (a small town south of Modesto). He discovered an interest in wine during college, prior to a career with wine he earned a degree in Broadcast Communications. Finding the job market in this field somewhat … [Read more...]
Crane Brothers Wine
Crane Brothers Wine as the name of the winery suggests, is owned and operated by two brothers Michael and Rob Crane who are third generation natives to the Napa Valley. Both have many years experience of being home winemakers and in the mid 90's purchased land in the Oak Knoll district and planted several varietals including Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet … [Read more...]
Napa Smith
Archiving this review - Napa Smith is in the business of making beer. No longer making wine. Napa Smith - Beer is what winemakers drink when they need to take a break. Where else in Napa County can one visit a brewery and taste a wide variety of *beer* in a tasting room. This is the only open to the public tasting room for beer at a brewery in the entire … [Read more...]
Crocker & Starr
Crocker & Starr is a boutique winery with vineyards located on a historic 122 acre property (about 115 acres to vines) in the southern part of the town of St. Helena and was founded in 1997. This winery is a partnership between Charlie Crocker, and Pam Starr, Napa vintner extraordinaire. Crocker owns the land (Crocker Estate), and Starr helps with the … [Read more...]
Benton Family Vineyards
Benton Family Vineyards was founded by North Carolinian Daniel Benton and his wife Kara in 2015. But the history of their wines dates back much further. Gary Wooton, a longtime resident in the Napa Valley (who we originally met with at his home in Yountville) along with his wife Suzanne founded both Croze and the Smith-Wooton labels (Suzanne created the … [Read more...]
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