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 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 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...]

Trivium Wines is the culmination of multiple decades of experience in the Napa wine industry by three wine veterans: Stu Harrison (first employee at Opus One), Jack Stuart (long time winemaker & Trivium's winemaker) and Doug Wight, 5th generation winegrower who manages the historic Lewelling Vineyard in St. Helena. All three partners were neighbors in St. … [Read more...]

Montagna Napa Valley is a beautiful estate with wine caves that has been slowly developed over the past decade. Proprietor Bob Long and his family have been associated with Pritchard Hill since the 1960's; this is among the best terroir in Napa to not have a sub appellation designation. Bob's parents first fell in love with Napa in the 1950's and their … [Read more...]

Mueller Family Vineyards inaugural release dates from the 2007 vintage; but this first vintage is not the beginning of their story. Frank and Angela Mueller (both are originally from Minnesota) settled in Napa Valley in 1979 where Frank established a career in medicine. He is a well-respected family physician and Angela is a nurse. While living in Calistoga … [Read more...]

Clos Valmi is operated by 90+ year old owner Ted Astorian. Ted used to run a fairly sizeable wine import/export business but when he sold that his passion for wine was not included in the sale. Wanting to further explore his interest in wine and make his own wine he started researching vineyard land. He located a 15 acre hillside piece of property in the … [Read more...]