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...]

Plinth Wine. The roots of Plinth are in the former Nine Suns Winery on Pritchard Hill. The Chang family purchased this property in 2010 from developer and majority owner of the San Diego Chargers football team at the time, Alex Spanos. The Chang's three children (Aimee, Jason and Chris) along with Jason's wife Flora were all instrumental in the development … [Read more...]

The Wager is a 60 acre site in the far northern reaches of Napa Valley, not far from the tallest mountain in the region, Mt. St. Helena. The Wager is owned by Steve and Tamara Kalin and the vineyard on the property is called Tamara's Vineyard. Incidentally, The Wager's property is less than a quarter of a mile from a small viticulture project we are helping … [Read more...]

MaCo Vineyards is a partnership between Jesus Maciel and Roberto Corona. Both were raised in Guadalajara, the capital city of state of Jalisco and were childhood friends. The name MaCo comes from combining the first two letters of each of their last names. Jesus still lives in Mexico and Roberto moved to Napa Valley in 1980. In 2009 both men formed a … [Read more...]

Rockmere Wines was founded by Chet Pinckernell. He was raised in Maryland near Washington DC. During his youth he would accompany his father to northern California on road trips across the country in the summer. His uncle and his father were involved in building condominiums in Lake Tahoe in the late 1960s and 1970s. But his first trip to Napa Valley wasn't … [Read more...]