The Pebble Beach Food and Wine Weekend is only in its seventh year yet remarkably it seems like it should be much older than that. In such a short time it has become the West Coast's premier food and wine event. It is an intriguing pairing - matching some of the world's best wine with top chefs in a location that is visually stunning. The inspirational … [Read more...]
Capp Heritage Vineyards
Capp Heritage Vineyards. Walking into this tasting room is more like walking into some historical bar that might well be in one of California's gold rush towns - perhaps Jamestown or Sonora in the California foothills. Combine the feel inside this tasting room with the gun and gun exchange shop that is located directly behind and you truly have a feel of … [Read more...]
Holman Cellars
Holman Cellars was founded in 2010 by Jason Holman. His path to owning a winery in Napa Valley is an interesting one. He met his then wife Helen on their first day attending law school in Seattle. It was Helen's family who was responsible for his second career as a winemaker after he retired from law. Helen introduced Jason to Napa Valley and wine making … [Read more...]
Vineyard {511}
Vineyard {511}. Living in Southern California with a shared passion for both travel and wine, proprietors of Vineyard 511, Irene and Ed Ojdana pondered having a home in Italy and France. But then as Irene told us, they thought about "jet lag and all the time they already spend in airports plus the great distance to travel" and they made a wise decision to … [Read more...]
Uproot Wines
Uproot Wines was founded in 2011 by Greg Scheinfeld and his business partner Jay Levy. Greg came to the Napa Valley after leaving a career in finance and as he says, "a job that required me to always be in the office". The career choice couldn't be more polar opposite - working in a rural environment, often outdoors and being directly responsible for a … [Read more...]
BRAND Napa Valley
BRAND Napa Valley was founded by Ed and Deb Fitts. Ed's background is in paper manufacturing - supplying a number of contracts including packaging to fast food restaurants. He founded Dopaco, a company that specialized in providing packaging and paper products for nationally known fast food franchises including Burger King and McDonalds. He sold his business … [Read more...]
Red Mare Wines
Red Mare Wines was started by Napa winemaker, Anne Vawter (who we originally met at Napa Wine Co) and her business partner Jim Striegel with the release of their first vintage in 2007. Their focus is on a sourcing high quality fruit from premium Napa Valley vineyards while offering the wines at reasonable prices. They only work with vineyards that are farmed … [Read more...]
Twin Palms Vineyard
Twin Palms Vineyard released their first vintage in 2007. Owner Robert Larson lives in the San Francisco Bay area and purchased this property in 2004. The Napa Valley is certainly known for its Cabernet Sauvignon and many area producers offer this varietal. However, Twin Palms is not one of them. After purchasing the property, Rob planted the vineyard to two … [Read more...]
Lewis Cellars
Lewis Cellars was established in 1992 by Randy and Debbie Lewis (unfortunately Debbie passed far too young in 2017 from cancer). Randy grew up in Atlanta, Georgia; his previous career was in professional car racing. He competed in a variety of races including Formula Three in Europe, Formula 5000 and five Indianapolis 500's. He is not the only former … [Read more...]
Napa Valley American Viticultural Areas
Napa Valley American Viticultural Area (AVA) encompasses a rather small geographical area, produces only 4% of California's entire wine production and is one of the premium wine growing regions in North America. The earliest vineyards date back to 1836 and the oldest winery is from 1861. The valley itself is only 48 kilometers long and several kilometers … [Read more...]
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