Red Cap Vineyards were founded by husband and wife Tom and Desiree Altemus. They oversee a 6-acre vineyard nestled among the Ponderosa Pine trees, high on the ridge line of Howell Mountain at about 1,900 feet. One doesn't need to drive far from the floor of Napa Valley for a completely different feel, both in terms of soils, elevation, vegetation, smells and … [Read more...]
Amici Cellars
Amici Cellars was started after winemaker, Jeff Hansen and friends crushed a few tons of grapes in 1991 for their own personal use. "This was good wine", they unanimously agreed and soon thereafter released their first commercial vintage. The name Amici means "friends" in Italian and is a tribute to the friends who started this winery as well as to their … [Read more...]
Gandona Estate
Gandona is a winery built on a property which has a long well-regarded vineyard history in Napa Valley. This is Pritchard Hill, a small hillside part of Napa Valley in the Vaca mountains, characterized by iron rich, rocky and red soils. It was named after Charles Pritchard who homesteaded the top of this knoll and planted vines in the 1880s (where … [Read more...]
Darioush Winery
Darioush Winery, specializes in premium wines and was founded in 1997 by Iranian born, Darioush Khaledi and his wife Shahpar with their first vintage released that year. The visually stunning 'Persian palace', i.e., hospitality center was not completed until 2004 and was constructed with stones imported from quarries near Shiraz. Darioush's father was a … [Read more...]
Đồi Đá Wine
Đồi Đá (pronounced doy dah) was founded with its inaugural vintage in 2022, a Cabernet Sauvignon. Their 18 acre rocky property is located directly behind (east) of Signorello Vineyards. It is surrounded by other AVA's but is not within any of them, rather this is designated as Napa Valley Appellation. Although perhaps these rocky slopes should be a part of … [Read more...]
Highest Elevation Vineyards, Napa Valley
While we have known about the highest elevation vineyards in Napa Valley for many years, we finally took some time to pinpoint the highest vines on each of these properties. For reference the highest vineyards in Napa Valley are: The highest vineyard in Napa County is the Harris Blue Ridge Vineyard planted to Zinfandel; their highest vines are at an … [Read more...]
2024 Napa Valley Wine Project Year in Review
We achieved a milestone platform this year reaching our 1,200th Napa Valley winery or brand personally visited, tasted with and profiled; for reference that coveted producer was Sylvan Lake. We added 41 new Napa Valley winery/brand profiles to this site in 2024 reaching 1,219 to date as of December 31, 2024. We have many brands to visit with still but very … [Read more...]
Forgotten Union Wines
Forgotten Union Wines was founded by winemaker and viticulturist Benjamin Leachman with his first commercial bottling in 2015, a Cabernet Sauvignon from the valley floor in the Stags Leap District. To Benjamin, winemaking is a craft not an art, an ethos that embraces science but also all the tools one needs to bring wine to market from the vineyard to the … [Read more...]
Sosabe Cellars
Sosabe Cellars. Founder and winemaker, Nuias DePina was born on the island of Fogo in the country of Cape Verde and moved to Lisbon, Portugal in 1974 for 6 months. His grandfather and great uncle Niculau and brother Joseph DePina immigrated to the U.S. in 1933. After Joseph returned to Cape Verde he spoke highly of Napa Valley and encouraged his nephew … [Read more...]
Ehrlich Vineyard
Ehrlich Vineyard. Cliff and Patricia Ehrlich moved to Anaheim, California in the mid 1960s; this is where neighbors introduced them to California wines. Their first trip to Napa Valley was in 1967; their daughter Susan was one year old at that time. She recalls home videos her parents took of her at the newly opened Robert Mondavi Winery. Her father ran … [Read more...]
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