Sonador Cellars or "dream" in Spanish is the dream of two couples who met at a charity wine and food event in Florida. Both couples, Doug and Sue Gallagher and Sergio and Maria Gonzalez-Arias live in Florida and have long nurtured their healthy enthusiasm and passion for wine. Sergio is a neurosurgeon in Miami and when both couples decided to produce a wine … [Read more...]
Darms Lane Winery
Darms Lane Winery as the name indicates is located on Darms Lane in between Yountville and the city of Napa (just west of Highway 29). While perhaps not recognizing this name one may be familiar with Crichton Hall. Darms Lane was previously Crichton Hall; Crichton Hall's own vintage history dates back to 1983 making this among the older active producers in … [Read more...]
Bravante Vineyards
Bravante Vineyards was founded and is owned by George and Nancy Bravante. The winery is located in the Howell Mountain sub appellation high in the hills above the main part of the Napa Valley - about a 15-minute drive from the town of St. Helena. The Bravante's have a long history developing real estate and agricultural land; they own and operate Bravante … [Read more...]
Merus Wines
Merus Wines has risen from humble "garagiste' beginnings to their current more auspicious historic winery home. This brand was started by Erika Gottl and Mark Herold (both met while teens in Orange County, CA) in their garage on Patchett Street in a downtown neighborhood in the city of Napa. Incidentally the name Patchett was named after John Patchett, the … [Read more...]
Black Sears
Black Sears is located on the slopes of Howell Mountain with the highest vines located at 2,396 feet in elevation; other parts of their property not planted to grapevines, are higher than this. We have walked this part of this vineyard with the folks from Black Sears. GPS coordinates of the highest vines: 38.60157, -122.47217. For reference, the highest … [Read more...]
750 Wines
750 Wines (a smartly titled name that is inspired by the normal wine bottle size - 750ml) is a boutique and premier wine shop operated in the town of St. Helena by Napa veteran David Stevens (founded in November 2009). He and his wife Monica run this appointment only unmarked wine shop - a typical visit here is by referral or with someone who has visited the … [Read more...]
Bolen Family Estates
Bolen Family Estates is a joint partnership between father and son, Mike and Eric Bolen. Their family is from St. Louis; Mike has enjoyed French wine for many years and over time Eric also picked up his father's passion for wine. Eric started working part time in a wine shop in St. Louis where the owner created his own wine from California which he sold … [Read more...]
Charter Oak Winery
Charter Oak Winery is a partnership between Rob Fanucci (local real estate and tax lawyer by day and vintner for many years), his wife Layla and their son David. Their winery is one of the more unique finds in the Napa Valley and is a complete throwback to the "old" days of winemaking. It is rare and actually quite refreshing to find a commercial winery in … [Read more...]
Sabina Vineyards
Sabina Vineyards is one of the nicest "garagist" wineries we have seen out of visiting and tasting with 1000+ Napa producers to date. This winery is the vision of David & his wife Susan Sabin (who both spent many years in Chicago) and was built based on the types of small Burgundian wineries they often visited during their travels to this region. In what is … [Read more...]
Robbins Vineyards
Robbins Vineyards was founded by long time farmer Phil Robbins in 2002. He owns 18 planted acres just off of Zinfandel Lane south of the town of St. Helena. At one time his acreage was part of a much larger property owned by the Christian Brothers. The Christian Brothers had their well-known winery on Mt. Veeder (now the Hess Collection) and also owned this … [Read more...]
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