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Black Sears

October 25, 2013 by Dave 4 Comments

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...]

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Archived Review

REASON: Purchased by Wine Access. 750 Wines moved out of the space in St. Helena in early 2021 and there is no longer a physical space to try wines. While now a part of Wine Access, this review is now archived.

750 Wines

October 25, 2013 by Dave 3 Comments

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...]

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Archived Review

REASON: No longer producing wines. This review is now archived and will no longer be updated.

Bolen Family Estates

October 25, 2013 by Dave 3 Comments

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...]

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Charter Oak Winery

October 25, 2013 by Dave 1 Comment

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...]

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Sabina Vineyards

October 25, 2013 by Dave 4 Comments

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...]

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Archived Review

REASON: Website down - can no longer find any info about still producing wines. This review is now archived and will no longer be updated.

Robbins Vineyards

October 25, 2013 by Dave 1 Comment

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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Archived Review

REASON: Does not look like any wine produced since 2014. Website not updated in several years. Cannot find any source of recent vintages. Still operates Prosper Wines. This review is now archived and is no longer being updated.

Valley Legend Wine

October 25, 2013 by Dave Leave a Comment

Valley Legend Wine

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...]

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Archived Review

REASON: Stopped producing wine commercially. This review is now archived and will no longer be updated.

Robert Pecota Winery

October 25, 2013 by Dave 8 Comments

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...]

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Dana Estates

October 25, 2013 by Dave 3 Comments

Dana Estates

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Stewart Cellars

October 25, 2013 by Dave 2 Comments

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...]

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