RD Winery was founded in 2010 by Vietnam based entrepreneur Mr. Nguyen Van Dong; he decided to start a winery after visiting the Napa Valley and being inspired by the scenery, lifestyle and the wines. His winery, RD was the first Vietnamese owned winery in the Napa Valley, founded slightly before the other Vietnamese owned winery, Kieu Hoang. Mr. Van … [Read more...]
OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING ACTIVE NAPA VALLEY BASED WINERIES WITH VINTAGES RELEASED EVERY YEAR SINCE MINIMUM OF 1979 OR OLDER
The following are active Napa Valley based wineries or producers with oldest continuously operating vintage listed - and their first vintage listed if different (IE if there was a period of inactivity). Quite a few Napa wineries originally founded decades ago are again producing wines after long absences, often these are restored ghost wineries but are … [Read more...]
Celani Family Vineyards
Celani Family Vineyards (pronounced 'Chelani') was founded in 2005 by Tom and Vicki Celani. They divide their time between Napa and their home in Michigan. Tom has led a diverse and remarkable entrepreneurial life centered on his varied business interests including in part, developing North American Native American gaming and casino properties; he used to … [Read more...]
Portfolio Winery
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...]
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