Kelleher Family Vineyard. The Kelleher Family (Don and Donna) produce a limited number of wines each year, bottled under the brand Kelleher. They also own Brix Restaurant located on Highway 29 about 2 miles north of Yountville. Brix opened on March 28, 1996. Today their daughter Valerie and her sister Leigh oversee the operations of the restaurant and … [Read more...]
Essere Franco Wines
Essere Franco Wines (formerly Verismo Wines) was founded by the D’Ambrosio family, long time entrepreneurs, restaurateurs and grape growers in the Napa Valley. Essere Franco is the Italian verb for 'to be'. The family business for many years has been and still is the New York Style Sausage Company - based in Sunnyvale and started by family patriarch Frank … [Read more...]
Phifer Pavitt Winery
Phifer Pavitt Winery is owned by Suzanne Phifer Pavitt and her husband Shane Pavitt. Suzanne is originally from tiny Ringgold, Georgia where she grew up on a 15-acre farm. Both she and Shane have enjoyed wine for many years and before owning their current property, spent significant time on the west coast looking at various properties in "wine country" from … [Read more...]
Zacherle Wines
Zacherle Wines is owned and operated by winemaker Nile Zacherle and his wife Whitney (her family runs Fisher Vineyards, Sonoma County based but also with vineyards in Calistoga). Zacherle's wines are available through their mailing list. Nile, while born in Marin County had a connection to the Napa Valley early on; his father used to make the drive north … [Read more...]
Lava Vine
Lava Vine opened their tasting room in December of 2008 on the northern Silverado Trail just north of the Solage Resort and next door to the old Calistoga Beverage Company. They are located in the Calistoga city limits - in the southeast part of town. There are a proliferation of tasting rooms in downtown Napa and Yountville and when this opened there were … [Read more...]
Amulet Estate
Amulet Estate is a 20 acre property tucked into the hills of northern Napa Valley in what historically was known as Dego Valley (now Italian Valley). The property has been owned by multiple individuals over the years including Robert and Paula Brooks (who we met with years ago). During their ownership, the property and wines were known as Dancing Hares. We … [Read more...]
Belo Wine Company
Belo Wine Company is owned and operated by winemaker Terence Dewane. He has been making wine commercially in Napa since his first vintage in 1992 which was merely a barrel. It is always an extremely rare treat for us to try dessert wines from Napa because there are so few producers here who specialize in the "sweet stuff". Belo's main specialty is premium … [Read more...]
RAZI Winery
RAZI Winery, not to be confused with Kazi Cellars in Sonoma County, is owned by former architect Fred Razi; he used to work with developer Bob Heisler in designing homes in Modesto, CA). Fred purchased this property in the late 1980s. Fred is one of the few Napa Valley winery owners with Persian (Iran) heritage. After his purchase he re-planted vineyards and … [Read more...]
Salexis Wines
Salexis Wines is run by long time Napa Valley vintner John Gibson and his wife Ann. At the time of this review John was entering his 30th harvest in the valley. With no background in wine, John has certainly made his mark on Napa Valley wine industry. After graduating from UC Davis, he moved directly to Napa Valley. Initially he worked as winemaker under … [Read more...]
Tom Scott Vineyard
Tom Scott Vineyard - The beauty of working with vineyards or being a winemaker is that these are professions that can be reached by taking a number of different paths. You can be university educated, come from a family of winemakers or even enter the business without prior experience. Regardless of your entry into the industry, for those who want the … [Read more...]
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