PerUs Wine. Always be humble and stay true to your roots, regardless of your success in life. Family is paramount. These are excellent truisms from PerUs founder and visionary, Anmol Bhandari - values he has carried throughout his life and career and have played a grounding role in the inception and ensuing development of PerUs Wine. His road to the Napa … [Read more...]
Stråla Vineyards
Stråla Vineyards was founded in 2014 by husband wife Jason and Laura Ray. Laura was born in Chicago and raised most of her life in Wisconsin. Taking a job in medical sales after college she eventually moved to San Francisco. She recalls her first trip to Napa Valley was sometime in 2004 with her sister. She remembers driving up the Silverado Trail and … [Read more...]
Zuidema Wine Co
Zuidema Wines is a partnership between long time Napa winemaker Rudy Zuidema and his wife Amy. She graduated from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo with a degree in development psychology. But her career also involves work in the wine industry including marketing for what was Araujo Estate (now Eisele Vineyard) and Robert Craig Winery. While Rudy makes the wines, … [Read more...]
CAMi Vineyards
CAMi Vineyards was founded by long time Napa resident, Laurie Shelton with her first wine from 2013. Her production is rather small - usually under 200 cases from her tiny 2.5-acre vineyard in the southern part of the Calistoga appellation along the Silverado Trail. When she and her husband at the time Tom Shelton (died in 2008) purchased the property in … [Read more...]
Aiken Wines
Aiken Wines was founded by long time Napa Valley winemaker Joel Aiken with his inaugural vintage in 2009. Joel grew up in Fresno and later nearby Clovis after his family moved to a 15-acre property in the country. The site was planted to an 8-acre peach orchard along with a similar sized vineyard. His father had the old Muscat vineyard removed but they kept … [Read more...]
MC4 Wine
MC4 Wines. Proximity, friendship, premium terroir and the desire to produce an extremely limited production wine have converged in this special slice of the valley, just north of St. Helena. Friends and neighbors, Paul and Lesa Martin and Fred and Darcy Croshaw combined efforts to produce their first wine from the 2009 vintage, merely 8 cases. Their … [Read more...]
Dalla Valle Vineyards
Dalla Valle Vineyards was founded by Gustav and Naoko Dalla Valle after they purchased property in the Napa Valley in 1982; the first vintage from the property was in 1986. Gustav died in 1995; he was a legend in the world of SCUBA Diving and lived a rich and varied life, mostly overseas. He was originally from the northern part of Italy where his family was … [Read more...]
Navone Family Wines
Navone Family Wines. Founders, Andy and Celeste Navone were born and raised in Napa Valley. Andy's grandfather, Guiseppe Navone (died 1961) immigrated to San Francisco from Montillio, Monserrato in Asti, Italy in 1905; he returned to Italy in 1912, met a girl, married within 2 weeks and accompanied his bride, Maria Gallardo back to San Francisco where they … [Read more...]
Napa’s Wild Wines
Editors note: this is a guest piece from Igor Sill, proprietor of Sill Family Vineyard on Atlas Peak. Vineyard Microbiology – native, indigenous wild yeast, which surrounds the vineyards, pervades the world of wine. The role of naturally occurring yeast is the most singularly important ingredient that gives birth to fine wine. As much as I would like to … [Read more...]
Keplinger Wines
Keplinger Wines was founded by husband and wife Helen Keplinger and DJ Warner. Helen was born and raised in Ohio and grew up with parents who enjoyed wine, travel and the outdoors. Helen recalls collecting wine bottles (empty ones) when she was a child. But her interest in wine did not come until later. After graduating from Smith College in Massachusetts … [Read more...]
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