Havens label now a part of Stonehedge Winery (tasting room in city of Napa) is located just off of Highway 29 on peaceful Hoffman Lane just south of Yountville. Drive past part of the 7.5 acres of Syrah and other varietals planted on the estate to the parking lot. This winery dates from 1984 and their first crush was in the bed of a flatbed truck. The … [Read more...]
Clare Luce Abbey
is run by a husband wife team Cliff and Clare Luce Abbey and they specialize entirely in premium estate grown Cabernet Sauvignon. They have been passionate about wine for a number of years and in 1986, a 4.5 month vacation to Europe certainly didn’t hurt! They have turned the property into a beautiful Italian villa style estate with tall cypress lining the … [Read more...]
Two Wives
We have visited many wineries during this project and every once in a while we stumble across a very unique winery. This is one of those wineries. It is run by Christine Madrigal and Elizabeth Trujillo. Each of the “two wives” is married to a Napa winemaker who in turn has their own individual wine labels/winery. Michael Trujillo runs Karl Lawrence and Chris … [Read more...]
Strata Vineyards
is owned and operated by Dave Cofran and his business partner John Johnson. Incidentally this was the 450th Napa winery that we visited during our extensive wine odyssey. Dave has a long history in the wine industry dating back over 40 years. He is a graduate of UC Davis during the mid 1960′s from a class that produced industry pioneer winemakers for Napa … [Read more...]
The Best of the Napa Valley in Photography
" Napa Valley is home to nearly 1000 unique producers, including physical and virtual wineries. 95% of the valley by numbers are small boutique wineries producing under several thousand cases of wine per year. There is an amazing diversity in such a small geographical region ranging from owners, to vineyards to soils and micro-climates. The wine is known … [Read more...]
Voces Cellars
Voces Cellars is owned and operated by Fernando Candelario. We met up with him at Regusci Winery. His parents immigrated from Michoacán Mexico in 1979, a region of the country that a number of Mexican American vintners in the Napa Valley are originally from. Sometimes you don't know what path life will lead you on - Fernando certainly was not on a career … [Read more...]
Wicker Vineyards
Wicker Vineyards is operated by long time Napa Valley natives, Ron and Lisa Wicker. Ron runs a successful Napa Valley based vineyard management company currently managing approximately 300 vineyard acres in the valley. Over the years, he has certainly left his mark on a number of vineyards up and down the valley and in 2010 was named "Napa Valley … [Read more...]
Brown Estate
Brown Estate. During one of our visits to the estate, we were told their wines, "Reflect a sense of place rather than palate." This is the first time we had heard terroir expressed like this - in such an eloquent way. It was nice to hear this, considering they have built their reputation on Zinfandel, a variety which can easily be harvested over ripe … [Read more...]
Lieff Wines
Lieff Wines was founded with their first commercial vintage dating from 2004. Robert and Gretchen Lieff previously owned 22 acres of steep rugged rocky hillside vineyards on the western face of the Vaca Mountains across from the town of St.Helena. While they are fairly new to the wine-making scene, the age of their wine production does not tell their full … [Read more...]
Andesite Vineyard
Andesite Vineyard is one of the smaller commercial wine producers in the Napa Valley - with 2 planted acres of vines they typically produce only around 150 cases. Jo Ann and Charles Howard have lived in the Mayacamas Mountains above the town of St. Helena since 1984. At the time they moved here there were only 2 or 3 families in the area even making wine … [Read more...]
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