Portfolio Winery is a joint venture between husband and wife Geneviève and Luc Janssens; all the operations for this winery are conducted in their "garage" located next to their home. The term for this type of winery is "garagist". We have visited a number of "garagist" wineries over the years in the Napa Valley as select cities within the county allow the … [Read more...]
Sill Family Vineyard, Atlas Peak Merlot
This is a guest post from Igor Sill, Napa vintner and winemaker Merlot is a variety that has a great deal of its own signature nuance, its own way of expressing itself and I believe it resonates well while listening to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue—a profoundly remarkable pairing of sensations. Our très Merlot and Rhapsody in Blue come together in … [Read more...]
ROAM Napa Valley
ROAM Napa Valley. Founder and winemaker Mario Sculatti grew up in the Napa Valley influenced by a number of individuals from his parents' generation who were involved in the wine industry including his father Ron Sculatti who was one of several people who helped create the award-winning 1973 Chateau Montelena vintage along with Mike Grgich, Bo Barrett and … [Read more...]
Lawer Estates
Lawer Estates is a small family run producer owned and operated by Betsy and her daughter Sarah. Betsy's husband David Lawer passed in 2021. Betsy is an alumni of Duke, which is where she first met David; both have strong ties to Alaska. The First National Bank of Anchorage was founded in 1922 in Anchorage; Betsy's grandfather Warren N. Cuddy began … [Read more...]
The Debate Wine
The Debate. In today's fast paced world where conversations are often relegated to the digital space - especially so in cities around the world where it is a common site to see people fully engaged with their cell phones, the Debate was created as a platform to bring people together and to stimulate discussion about contemporary topics - ideally with glasses … [Read more...]
Greer Wine
Greer Wines. The Greer Vineyard is 7.54 acres of which 5 acres are devoted entirely to Cabernet Sauvignon. Located in western Rutherford on the lower edge of the Rutherford bench, the vineyard is planted on very slightly sloping soils; these are the tail end of deposits that have eroded off of the Mayacamas mountains over the millennia. An ancient creek bed … [Read more...]
Forthright Winery
Forthright Wines was founded by four partners including Patrick McEvoy and Rafer Caudil who share the winemaking duties and Ed Stritch who lives in Chicago and Sel Fich who resides in London. Rather than simply being business partners, all four individuals are friends having known each other for many years - whose paths have crossed at various times in their … [Read more...]
Tognetti Family Winery
Tognetti Family Winery. Family patriarch, John (Jack) Tognetti was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area; he passed in early 2022 at age 104. His grandfather moved to California from Italy and settled in Watsonville where he grew a number of fruit trees. Jack remembers spending summers at his grandfather's ranch while growing up. It is here that … [Read more...]
Napa Wine Project Year in Review, 2019
In 2019 we revisited and updated reviews for 250+ Napa Valley based wineries, brands and tasting rooms - continuously updating our existing reviews. Due to all of our revisits and travels seeking Napa Valley around the state of California, the country and internationally, we visited and reviewed only 32 'new' Napa Valley based producers this year (well below … [Read more...]
Prothro Family Wines
Prothro Cellars was founded by Bruce and Ronda Prothro with their first vintage in 2014. However, their wine story extends back much further than this. Their passion for wine making began in a garage in Los Altos (San Francisco Bay Area). Prior to children. They began making wine in 1991 sourcing from a wide variety of vineyards throughout parts of Northern … [Read more...]
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