Shanti Wines was founded by Ray and Dimple Sharma. Both were born in a part of India located north of New Delhi. They mutually began to explore wine while living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ray works as a real estate broker and Dimple as a project manager. Each contributes their individual skills to their wine brand, Ray a business acumen and Dimple an … [Read more...]

Afterwords Wine was founded by Anton & Lisa Van de Plas with their inaugural release in 2019. Anton was born and raised in the Netherlands; while at college he started the Tilburg Foreign Lawn Review, a student-run law journal. This led to his founding of Vandeplas Publishing, a publishing practice, focusing on legal textbooks for law students but also books … [Read more...]

Cuvaison Estate Wines (Carneros) is located directly across from the Domain Carneros winery driveway on Duhig Road; this road is named after the family that farmed this part of Carneros. People who are not familiar with the Cuvaison label often stumble across their Carneros winery after visiting Domain Carneros. As a result, unintentionally this turned out … [Read more...]

Migliavacca Wine Company. The Migliavacca (the 'g' is silent) family winemaking heritage is deeply rooted in the historical fabric of the city of Napa. For some 50+ years from 1866 through to the start of Prohibition, Migliavacca Wine Co was a formidable presence. Founder Giacomo Migliavacca became the city's first self-made millionaire, at one point was the … [Read more...]

Belted Vines. We love walking back into various era's of Napa's history, but in particular, extremely rare spaces that have not been restored including wineries or ranching operations. Places like the old wooden winery at the Rossi Ranch in Rutherford, Buhman Ranch, the old wooden Pellet & Carver Winery St. Helena, and before it tragically burned, La Perla … [Read more...]

No Love Lost Wines Co was founded by California born, first generation Cuban American, and Orlando, Florida raised Jay Nunez. Before wine, Jay worked in the music industry for more than 10 years including playing in a band in Florida. Long interested in the outdoors and farming he spent one harvest interning in Napa Valley. He was hooked both by the people … [Read more...]

Napa Valley Syrah[/caption] Second Line Wines was started by Chris Agan with his first vintage in 2017. This is Chris's third career; he was in the U.S. Navy until he retired in 2003 and then worked for Lockheed Martin for 13 years before retiring again. One who meets Chris will quickly realize he will never retire and that retirement is only temporary. … [Read more...]

Greater Fool Wines. Is it the greater fool who sits on the side line with a dream but never pursues it, or is it the one who takes a risk but then fails? To winemaker Julian Christian and his wife Kathryn Siegfried the answer is simple. Don't wait. Pursue a dream and follow its course, however it develops. And they have done so, uprooting careers and … [Read more...]

Lúnasa Wines. Proprietors of Lúnasa Wines, Jordan and Ciji Jeffries purchased twenty acres north of Calistoga in 2017. In honor of Dr. Marvin Poston who originally planted grapes on the property they kept the name Poston Crest Vineyard. The property is planted to approximately 10 acres organized into 4 distinctive blocks. Poston Crest Vineyard was named by … [Read more...]

Wäldele Family Wines (pronounced vel del leigh) means 'small forest' in German and was founded by Hannes and Bridget Wäldele. Their first vintage was a Sauvignon Blanc in 2018 from the 3-acre Horsetale Vineyard that Hannes personally farmed in Kenwood (Sonoma Valley). Hannes was born and raised in the foothills near the Black Forest in Germany (not far from … [Read more...]