Vörös Cellars. After living in the Napa Valley for 25 years, founder of Vörös Cellars Patsy Pope, Jr. has been gripped by the wine bug in a big way. This interest and passion for educating herself about wine came later in her life. As she says, "I am now doing what comes naturally for so many vintners in the Napa Valley". Farming, however is not a new … [Read more...]
The Wine Foundry
The Wine Foundry. With the struggles of one company comes opportunity for others. Founder and visionary of The Wine Foundry Philip Von Burg has made a career of "rescuing" and working with under-performing, distressed or bankrupt companies. In 2012 his own company, Castlegate Capital Advisers acquired the assets of Crushpad (a one-time prominent winery that … [Read more...]
Pulido-Walker
Pulido-Walker was created by husband-wife Mark Pulido and Donna Walker. Mark's family originally immigrated from Spain and were pharmacists. Mark also graduated with a degree in pharmacy from the University of Arizona and later became President and CEO of McKesson Corporation and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation USA. Donna also comes from a … [Read more...]
Hindsight Wines
Hindsight Wines. Incidentally this review is a milestone for the Napa Wine Project; it was the 800th Napa Winery or producer we have visited with, tasted the wines and reviewed over the past 9+ years. At the time of our visit, our goal was to reach over 1,000 unique Napa wineries and producers reviewed on this site - which we completed in 2019. We are now … [Read more...]
Inizi Wines
Inizi Wines was founded by two couples, A.J. and Jen Filipelli and John and Kirsti Harley in 2012. We initially became aware of their brand when we spotted an unusual varietal on the wine list at Solage in Calistoga made by Inizi - a rosé of Charbono. A.J. is originally from Novato, California and attended Fresno State where he majored in Viticulture. … [Read more...]
Next Door Wine
Next Door Wine. The founding of Next Door Wine begins with Jeff Clarke; originally from New York he has spent a long career in the world of tech and was a former CEO of Kodak. Having enjoyed fine wines for many years he bought a house in Calistoga in 2005 with four surrounding acres. This property had never been planted to vines before; in 2007 he decided to … [Read more...]
Mending Wall Winery
Mending Wall Winery is a partnership between three owners: Frank and Kathy Dotzler (the co-founders of Outpost Winery), Mark Pulido and Donna Walker (owners of Pulido-Walker Wine) and well-regarded winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown. Frank and Kathy (who we originally met with) began to discuss the possibility of building another winery - looking specifically … [Read more...]
Olney Family Vineyards
Olney Family Vineyard was founded by husband and wife David and Shirley Olney with their first vintage dating from 2008. The Olney's moved here in late 1995 after living in Jamieson Canyon for several years (also southern part of Napa Valley but more to the east). Their property is only about a 10-minute drive from downtown Napa and is located on the western … [Read more...]
Solage Resort & Calistoga Winegrowers 2nd Annual Calistoga Food & Wine Event
The stage was an unseasonably cold (for April) Friday in the northern part of the valley at Solage Calistoga where the Calistoga Winegrowers' Grand Tasting showcased wines from 30 of Calistoga's wineries and producers. Long time names such as Chateau Montelena and Larkmead were present along with a number of relative newcomers to the north valley wine scene … [Read more...]
Muscatine Vineyard
Muscatine Vineyard. In 1998 Leonard and Draselle Muscatine left the urban world of Los Angeles for rural Napa Valley; they purchased a small hillside property perched on the eastern side of Soda Canyon. Leonard (now deceased) was a professor at UCLA who taught in their Zoology Department and later in the Biology Department. He was a marine Biologist who … [Read more...]
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