Valley Legend is owned by Greg Lawson. His family has been in the Napa Valley for nearly 40 years. Greg's grandfather was the first president of Beringer Winery after this winery was purchased from the Beringer Family by Nestle in 1971. Greg's family is still very much in the wine business. His brother Jeff works for a large wine distributor in Santa Barbara … [Read more...]
Robert Pecota Winery
Robert Pecota Winery was founded by long time Napa veteran Bob Pecota (died in 2020) in 1978. He was a coffee buyer in the early 1970's for Hills Brothers and MJB Coffee in San Francisco (not the first time on this project that we've met a vintner who has a background in the coffee business). Bob came to the valley in 1970 in what was to become his initial … [Read more...]
Dana Estates
Stewart Cellars
Stewart Cellars is a small family owned and operated premium producer; they were founded in 2000 by Michael and Anne Stewart of Houston, Texas. Michael was the founder of Texas MicroSystems, Inc., a company that produced personal computers and servers for the telecommunication industry (he sold the company in 2002). He was also a founding partner of Santa … [Read more...]
Barbour Vineyards
Barbour Vineyards is owned by long time Napa resident and vineyard manager Jim Barbour and his daughter Fiona. We originally met with Barbour Vineyards General Manager, Kathy Simpson who is also Jim's wife. Jim first moved to the Napa Valley with his family from San Francisco when he was a young boy in 1962. He graduated from St. Helena High School where … [Read more...]
Morlet Family Vineyards
Morlet Family Vineyards was started by French winemaker Luc Morlet and his wife Jodie; 2006 was their first vintage. Luc was born in Epernay, France (Champagne) and is the five generation of winegrowers; he has worked over 40 harvests. He has been surrounded by the wine industry his entire life as his family have been growing grapes since the early 1800s. … [Read more...]
Covenant Wines
Covenant Wines is owned by three partners, vintner and author Jeff Morgan and his wife Jodie - and Leslie Rudd (owner of Napa's Rudd Winery, Dean & Deluca, Oakville Grocery etc). It is always nice and a rarity when we meet a winemaker who has a passion for writing as well as an obvious passion for wine. Jeff's interest in wine began many years ago - in New … [Read more...]
Grassi Wine Company
Grassi Wine Company was founded in 2005 and is owned by the Grassi Family, longtime residents of Napa Valley. Mark Grassi (from Walnut Creek in the San Francisco Bay Area) moved to the valley in 1974 and has long been passionate about wine. He was a home winemaker for a number years and also took viticulture and enology courses at Napa Valley College. When … [Read more...]
Hudson Ranch & Vineyards
Hudson Vineyards is a 2,000 acre ranch (nearly 200 acres are planted to vines) contained entirely within the Napa side of Carneros in the southern part of Napa Valley, just north of the San Pablo Bay. Look for the Hudson flags flying near the entrance to their driveway off of Highway 12, including the black pirate jolly roger flag flying during harvest. From … [Read more...]
Tayson-Pierce Wines
Tayson-Pierce Wines are owned by Eric (who we met with) and Susan Rothchild. At first impression one may assume some link between the famous French wine family, but a second glance reveals a difference in spelling of the last names. The name of the winery was created by taking several letters from each of their son's first names: Taylor, Grayson and … [Read more...]
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