Thomas LaTour Vineyards operates their estate vineyard on Mt. Veeder, a small 1 acre Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard on Howell Mountain and a Pinot Noir Vineyard in the state of Washington. This producer is owned by Tom LaTour (not a bad last name to have when you are involved in the wine industry!) and his wife Barbara. Tom has been in the hospitality industry … [Read more...]
Patricia Howe Wines
Patricia Howe Wines own what is among the smallest bonded freestanding winery structure in the USA (certainly in Napa). The city of Napa has a regulation that allows residential home owners to bond part of their house for commercial wine production. Typically this is one's garage with a chain link fence separating the bonded winery from the rest of the … [Read more...]
Antinori Napa Valley
Antinori Napa Valley, formerly Antica Napa Valley, is a 1210 acre stunning wine estate located in Foss Valley at the base of Atlas Peak (or "blue mountain" as the locals call it) in the Atlas Peak sub appellation. While this is part of Napa Valley it certainly does not resemble the main valley floor, and although it doesn't take too long to get here from the … [Read more...]
Bread & Butter Wines
Bread & Butter Wines. Novato based WX Brands (they also maintain an office in London) was founded in 1999, at the time called Winery Exchange; over the years they have acquired numerous wine labels and continue to do so. In addition to wine, which is their primary product, they also produce beer and spirits. And other parts of their business include … [Read more...]
Detert Family Vineyards
Detert Family Vineyards are located on the coveted eastern bench-land of the Mayacamas mountains in the heart of the Oakville appellation. This is very much a family operation. Two brothers Tom Garrett (winemaker) and John Garrett (Sales & Marketing) are involved with their partner Bill Cover. We first tasted their Cabernet Franc many years ago at the Taste … [Read more...]
Twenty Rows
Twenty Rows is just minutes driving north of downtown Napa and is located in a non descript location surrounded by businesses such as a machine shop, dance studio, automotive repair, upholstery...well you get the idea. This is not your normal "up valley" winery! Looks are deceiving and it is wineries such as these that are fun to seek out; they are the only … [Read more...]
Beau Vigne Napa Valley
Beau Vigne Napa Valley (pronounced bo-veenya), meaning beautiful vineyard in French, was founded by Ed and Trish Snider with their first vintage dating from 2002; we originally spoke to both Ed and Trish when we wrote our initial notes for this review many years ago. Ed's family has deep roots in Napa Valley; his grandfather Martin Garzoli (died in 1938 at … [Read more...]
Astrale e Terra Winery
Astrale e Terra Winery was founded in 1996 by several partners; today two couples own the winery along with the primary partner, Paul Johnson of Napa. The name translates to "Heaven & Earth" in Italian. Mr. Johnson has lived an interesting life - from being a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot in Japan, to owning a resort in Jamaica to his involvement in the … [Read more...]
Notre Vin
Notre Vin focuses on a number of wines from Napa, centered on Howell Mountain, as well as the Sonoma Coast in neighboring Sonoma County. The winery is a joint venture between French winemaker Denis Malbec and Swedish native May-Britt. Denis and May-Britt took a three week vacation to the Napa Valley in 2000 and as they put it, "never left". Note: … [Read more...]
Inherit the Sheep
Inherit the Sheep was founded in 2006 by Clay and Tersilla Gregory - both of whom have been involved in the Napa wine industry for a number of years. In 2001 the Gregory's found a small piece of land in Coombsville (a region in Napa east of the city of Napa). They made several trips to the property and observed several sheep on site. The previous owners told … [Read more...]
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