Mowe Napa Valley was founded in 2022 by Dustin and Renee Mowe. Both were born and raised in Shasta County, Dustin in the tiny community of Burney and Renee in Redding. After college Dustin moved to Napa Valley in the late 1990s. He met someone who sold corks for a living for a startup French company. When Dustin asked him about his career, he responded by … [Read more...]

Bonita Bonita Wine was founded in 2019 by former professional wrestling twins, Brianna (Brie) and Nicole (Nikki) Bella (maiden name, Garcia). In 2016, they founded the wine label, Bella Ridiccio, meaning 'beautiful roots in Italian' and paid homage to their Italian mother's side of the family. This label was in partnership with Napa Valley vintner Ryan Hill … [Read more...]

Impensata (pronounced em-pen-sah-tuh). Mike Laipple is the Managing Director of Impensata and Louis Ciminelli (pronounced as simonelli) owns the Ciminelli Vineyard on Howell Mountain. The inaugural vintage of Impensata was produced in 2017. Honoring Louis's Italian heritage, he choose the name Impensata which in Italian means something not yet thought of or … [Read more...]

AMPL Wines was founded by Paulina Michalek with the 2019 vintage. The backstory relating to her move to Napa Valley spanned several decades. Born in what was the former Czechoslovakia (Prague, in Czechia also known as the Czech Republic) she was raised as a child under communist rule. Even as a child she remembers there was a part of the city that people … [Read more...]

Revelette Estate. Passing the Rutherford appellation sign while driving north, we nurtured a suspicion we may have previously been to the property that is now Revelette Estate. And our suspicions were soon confirmed; this was the prior home of Witt Estate, owned by John and Barbara Witt. We first visited with the Witts on the property in 2007. It is located … [Read more...]

DOGFARM Estate was founded by Bridget and Gansevoort (Gan) Dunnington and Katie and Russell Yates. The Dunnington's moved to their 5.6 acre property in the hills above Meadowood at the end of 2012 to be close to Gan's work at Adventist Health Saint Helena; he is a heart surgeon. The property had never been planted to grapes although some of their immediate … [Read more...]

Caro Nonno Wines was founded by winemaker Shauna Herman with the first vintage in 2016, a single bottling of Zinfandel from Lodi. Winemaking is her way of both embracing her cultural heritage, creating something tangible and combining her love of the outdoors and hard work. And it is a love letter and tribute to her maternal grandfather, Bruno Malucchi (died … [Read more...]

Hardten Family Vineyards was founded by David and Christine Harden and their two children Adeline and Sophia with their inaugural vintage from 2019. Born and raised in Kansas City, David eventually settled in Minnesota where he was the founding partner of Minnesota Eye Consultants. His practice treats cornea, external disease, cataracts and conducts … [Read more...]

Palmaz Vineyards is located at the end of Hagen Road just north and east of the town of Napa. This winery is not open to the public and appointments are required well in advance. All tours and tastings are private for your party and are hosted by a Palmaz Ambassador or a Palmaz family member (upon request). Founders, Julio and Amalia Palmaz are originally … [Read more...]