Picayune Cellars (pronounced as pee-ka-yun) was founded in 2011 by Jennifer Roberts and Claire Weinkauf. Claire grew up in Auvergne France, a region known for its fabulous cheeses, located roughly in the center of the country. She has plenty of international wine making experience. Earning a wine degree in Chile she moved back to France and worked a harvest … [Read more...]

Progeny Winery was founded with the purchase of an old cattle ranch in early 2007 by husband and wife Betty and Paul Woolls. They were notified of the impending sale of the property by long time Napa vintner and Mt. Veeder proponent, Robert Craig. It was rare to have a piece of land on Mt. Veeder of this size come up for sale (230+ acres). The Wools own … [Read more...]

Anthem Winery was founded in 2009 by Julie and Justin Arbuckle. They met while both were attending the University of California, Berkeley. Visiting Napa Valley together in 1996 before they were married, Julie immediately fell in love with the natural beauty, the wine, and the restaurants. She and Justin later spent their honeymoon in Napa Valley and … [Read more...]

Covert Estate. In 2012 winemaker Julien Fayard and his then wife Élan, husband wife Cal Nicholson and his wife Pam, and husband wife Dave & Laura Nestor purchased a 12 acre site in Coombsville of which 4.5 acres were already planted to vine. Julien and his partners spent three years looking for property before they located this particular site. Julien … [Read more...]

Roots Run Deep Winery was founded by vintner Mark Albrecht and is the parent company to his various brands including his largest production wine, Educated Guess. The winery has produced a number of labels over the years; as of our latest update to this review they currently produce the following wine brands: Educated Guess, Hypothesis, The Graduate, Bound … [Read more...]

RH Wine Vault is located across the street and just down from the famed French Laundry restaurant. Formerly the tasting building known as Ma(i)sonry - this fancy spelling of the word masonry refers to the trade of constructing a building from stone. This old stone building used to be a former distillery and was completely gutted and elegantly restored a … [Read more...]

ADAMVS was founded by Denise and Stephen Adams with the purchase of 76 acres on Howell Mountain in 2008. Prior to their purchase, this was the home of White Cottage Ranch Winery. While this is their first Napa Valley winery, Denise and Stephen are not new to the wine industry. They have long been attracted to France; they were married in the Dordogne and … [Read more...]

Leto Cellars was founded in 2008 by long time Napa veteran winemaker Brad Warner and his wife Lisa. Their first wine was a Chardonnay. While not owning any vineyards, they work with small family growers in select locations - mostly within Napa Valley. Brad was born in Sebastopol in neighboring Sonoma County and was raised on the Mendocino coastline of … [Read more...]