Spotted Owl Vineyards are run by the husband and wife team of Mikhail & Jill Gishizky. This project began when they acquired a 4-acre Chardonnay vineyard at about 1200 feet on Mt. Veeder. Mikhail used to ride his bike on the windy roads of Mt. Veeder and as luck would have it, their vineyard sits right near where he would stop to view one of the best … [Read more...]
Long Meadow Ranch Tasting Room & Farmstead
Long Meadow Ranch Tasting Room & Farmstead is located in the southern part of St. Helena just off of Highway 29 (Main Street) across the highway and within a very short walk of the iconic Gott's Roadside gourmet hamburger stand. If you are on foot, there is a cross walk across the highway which can be highly useful considering traffic is often backed up … [Read more...]
Kapcsándy Family Winery
Kapcsándy Family Winery (pronounced Cup-chon-dy) is a small family owned and operated winery located just east of Yountville surrounded by premium vineyards and producers. This site was originally the Beringer leased State Lane property which produced some of the finest grapes for Beringer's wines including the fruit for their first Private Reserve wine in … [Read more...]
Ahnfeldt Wines
Ahnfeldt Wines was founded and was run by lawyer/vintner/farmer Bruce Ahnfeldt (his wife Celeste Carducci is also deeply involved in the local Napa wine scene). Bruce's roots are in agriculture having growing up in what was called the Santa Clara (the largest city in this part of the state is San Jose). During his childhood this valley was a prominent prune, … [Read more...]
Kobalt Wines
Kobalt Wines is run by Kevin Kerriker and his friend Mark Herold is the wine maker. Their first vintage started in Mark's garage alongside Merus in 2001. The impetus for starting Kobalt was Kevin's desire to make his own wine coupled with a small vineyard in Coombsville that needed a home for its fruit. Kevin comes from a farming background in Southern … [Read more...]
FUTO Estate
FUTO Estate was founded by Tom and Kyle Futo. Originally from Wichita, Kansas they have lived in Napa for a number of years. It is rare when a new 100% estate producer opens a physical winery within Oakville. If you are determined to acquire land in Oakville, you must either purchase a winery or existing vineyards. There are very few "new" vineyards in … [Read more...]
Lions Run
Lions Run was founded by Napa resident Sandy Lawrence with her first vintage released in 2001. Lion's Run produces a single vineyard single wine each year - a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from her 2 acre vineyard located in the hills (side of Mt. George) just east of the city of Napa. The vineyard is certified organic and managed biodynamically. Sandy has applied … [Read more...]
Kenzo Estate
Kenzo Estate was founded by Mr. Kenzo Tsujimoto and his wife Natsuko. Kenzo is a long-time entrepreneur, born in Kashihara, Nara prefecture, Japan (about a 45–60-minute drive outside of Osaka) and businessman whose career began in 1966 when he opened a confectionery store in Osaka - then began selling cotton candy machines followed by gaming machines. His … [Read more...]
Thomas LaTour Vineyards
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...]
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