Odette Estate is part of the PlumpJack Group which includes three other wineries in Napa Valley, PlumpJack, Cade Estate and CADE 13th Vineyard. The two founders of The PlumpJack Group are San Francisco’s former mayor Gavin Newsom and philanthropist, composer and entrepreneur Gordon Getty. John Conover who joined PlumpJack in 1999 is also a principal and is … [Read more...]
Hill Wine Co
NOTE: This winery is in a transitional stage and their tasting room along the Silverado Trail is now CLOSED. We will remove or update this review once we have more information. Hill Wine Co - Proprietor Jeff Hill graduated from Fresno state in 1996 and promptly spent the next four years walking vineyards up and down California's Central Valley as a pest … [Read more...]
Entre Nous Wine
Entre Nous released their first wine in 2007 - a Cabernet Sauvignon. This gem of a property in Oakville is planted to 26 acres of vines - most of which is sold to premium wineries. Each year, Entre Nous harvests from select blocks and makes about 500 cases of wine. All grapes for their wines are from the estate. Proprietor Kristine Ashe grew up in Marin … [Read more...]
St Clair Brown Winery
St Clair Brown Winery opened an urban winery and tasting room in the city of Napa in 2012. But with a twist. This little oasis is surrounded by various auto body shops and other industrial type businesses. We counted some 5 auto-body shops seen from their gardens. This is not your typical urban standalone tasting room. Farm to table is a much-practiced … [Read more...]
Richard G Peterson Wines
Richard G Peterson Wines is definitely one of the most unique projects in Napa Valley accompanied by a fascinating story as well as nearly 2000 years of history prior to the Wrotham Pinot Noir clone of grapes that were planted in Yountville in the 1980s. Small plantings of this clone now grow in several locations around the world including in the Santa Lucia … [Read more...]
JAQK Cellars
JAQK Cellars is a partnership between long time and well regarded Napa Vintner Craig MacLean, his wife Cynthia and the team at Hatch Design in San Francisco (Katie Jain & Joel Templin). You have a real recipe for success when you partner excellent vineyard sources and the winemaking skills of Craig with the top design firm of Hatch. Additional success comes … [Read more...]
Mirror Wine Co
Mirror Wine Co began as a partnership with Notre Dame football star and 12 year NFL veteran, Rick Mirer and longtime Napa winemaker Rob Lawson. Rick was born and raised in Goshen, Indiana; his father Ken was the football coach for the high school Goshen team for 20 seasons. Rick was already talented in football; at the age of only 8 in 1978 he won the … [Read more...]
Meteor Vineyard
Meteor Vineyard is a 40 acre site (22.58 acres planted on site of former pasture land) in the heart of the Coombsville region located just east of the town of Napa planted almost entirely to Cabernet Sauvignon on a variety of clones and rootstalks. A small 1/3 of an acre with two tiny blocks is planted to Petit Verdot. This land used to be part of Nathan … [Read more...]
Edge Hill Wines
Edge Hill is one of Napa's Valley's most historical and treasured winery properties. The original 1500 acres was settled by General Erasmus Keyes after serving in the Civil War (rising to Brigadier General and leading Keyes's Brigade at the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861). He had a personal letter signed by Abraham Lincoln providing the deed to this … [Read more...]
Arkenstone Vineyards
Arkenstone Vineyards. The Krausz's, Ron (from northern California) and Susan (from Minnesota) purchased 40+ acres of former pastureland on Howell Mountain in 1988. Both were in their early 30s at the time, Susan was a marriage counselor and Ron was and still is a practicing attorney and operates The Krausz Companies, Inc - a real estate development company. … [Read more...]
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