The Vineyard House. Jeremy Nickel, the proprietor of The Vineyard House in Oakville continues his family's rich legacy and history in Napa Valley through his own vineyards and wine. His story begins with his father, Gil Nickel, who was one of the founders of Far Niente, founded Dolce and later, Nickel & Nickel. The wines of the Vineyard House pay tribute to … [Read more...]
Help Celebrate Peter Mondavi Sr’s 99th Birthday
Time flies when you're having fun, graduating from Stanford, studying Enology at UC Berkeley, serving in World War II and making history in the Napa Valley! Commemorate the 99th birthday of Charles Krug's youthful patriarch, Peter Mondavi Sr. Send your greeting by November 5th for the Nov. 8th celebration and inclusion in a time-capsule to be opened in … [Read more...]
Boodeaux Vineyards
Boodeaux Vineyards are situated in an isolated location in Napa’s East county (Capell Valley). Unlike many Napa wineries this winery is not named after the owner’s last name, rather it is a combination of his dog’s first name Boo, and and “deaux”, taken from the Bordeaux region in France. The owner (Scott Becker), tongue in cheek, even refers to his dog as … [Read more...]
Dominari Winery
has moved to their new tasting room and custom crush facility on the north east corner of the intersection of Big Ranch Road and Trancas St. in north Napa. Their new winery opened just in time to handle the 2009 harvest and is a major step up for Dominari compared to their small winery which was located in a south Napa business park. A number of small custom … [Read more...]
Charnu Winery
was founded by the husband wife team of Bob and Louise Dye with their first vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon released in 2004. The Dye’s had been visiting the Napa Valley since the 1980′s and about 10 years ago took the plunge and moved to St. Helena. When you are already interested in wine and take further steps to immerse yourself into the wine industry you … [Read more...]
District 4
opened in late 2011 in the same location as X Winery’s previous tasting room. While no longer the primary winery here, X winery is still involved along with several other wineries who were brought on as partners; their wines are also tasted here. The common thread that binds the represented wineries – is their wine is all made at Bin to Bottle, the custom … [Read more...]
White Cottage Ranch
was originally a 500 acre cattle spread dating from 1898. It also used to be a Dude Ranch and people would spend parts of their summers here. The headquarters of the ranch are where the current winery is located. Due to its original large size it encompassed land that is currently being used by other nearby wineries. The winery itself is located just outside … [Read more...]
Chameleon Cellars
is owned by three partners who actually met when they were working at Mayacamas Winery in the mid 1990′s. We met with Jeffrey Popick one of the owners and winemakers. Initially he was working in vineyard management but became tired of always being in the “fields” and started to learn winemaking. Chameleon’s original focus was on Sangiovese and Barbera but … [Read more...]
Groppallo Vineyard
recently began producing wine from Yountville – however their story goes much back much further. In 1988 Don and Dolly Grupalo moved to Napa to find a place to retire and enjoy a slower paced lifestyle. They were not looking to grow grapes or make wine. They found an 8 acre parcel just east of the town of Yountville. At the time rather than vineyards their … [Read more...]
Witt Estate
is one of the few wineries in the Napa Valley just focusing on a single varietal, in this case on Merlot. We have mentioned the Napa Allure several times and we can mention it again here. The owners, John and Barbara Witt are originally from Ohio and have always enjoyed drinking wine. They found themselves taken multiple annual vacations to the Napa Valley … [Read more...]
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