VinRoc is owned by Michael Parmenter and Kiky Lee. We have met with Napa vintners from a variety of backgrounds including a former prison guard, a marine biologist, a fireman, a cattle rancher, but this is the first vintner whose background involved shoe manufacturing. Looking for a change in the 1990s and to "escape" Los Angeles for a country location … [Read more...]
Retro Cellars
Retro Cellars is owned by Mike and Kara Dunn. Perhaps you recognize the last name; Mike's father Randy Dunn is a winemaking and vineyard pioneer on Howell Mountain who was part of the original founding members of the Howell Mountain Appellation. Mike is currently cellarmaster at Dunn Vineyards and makes the Retro wines here. Both Mike and Kara have been … [Read more...]
Edge Wines
Edge Wines was started by long time Napa vintner and winemaker Ray Signorello and partners (each with varied backgrounds including careers in travel, mining and finance). Their first commercial vintage was released in 2001. As a teaser, we will leave the "punch line" in regards to this wine for later in this review! We first met the folks up at Signorello … [Read more...]
Macauley Vineyard
Macauley Vineyard was originally founded by Ann Macauley in 1984. After graduating from college Ann was thinking of either building a business centered around dairy products or wine and she chose the latter. The first vintage was a late harvest Sauterne style Sauvignon Blanc produced by well-known Napa winemaker Ric Forman (who suggested at the time that Ann … [Read more...]
Miller Wine Works
NOTE: No longer located in Napa. This review is out of date and archived. Miller Wine Works is owned by Gary Miller who was a professional chef for a number of years. His is as passionate about wine as he is about food and now devotes his time to running all aspects of his own winery including the winemaking. His first introduction to wine came in the late … [Read more...]
J. Moss Wines
J. Moss Wines is a small winery specializing in premium hand crafted red wines, primarily single vineyard Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. This winery was started by James Moss with his first vintage in 2001 although James had made home wine the prior year. His wife Janet has her wine making degree and also worked at Domaine Carneros for a number of years. … [Read more...]
Carver Sutro
Carver Sutro is located in the northern reaches of the Napa Valley in the shadow of the rocky Palisades which are part of the Vaca mountain range. This is a historical property with the vineyard originally planted in the early 1900's by an Italian, Domenico Barberis who came over from Genoa by himself. This part of the Napa Valley is home to a number of old … [Read more...]
Cobblestone Wines
Cobblestone Wines was founded by Saul Levine and his wife Anita in 1971 with the purchase of a 75-acre property in the Salinas Valley of Monterey County. This vineyard is on the flatlands west of the 101 freeway; it is planted to Chardonnay - after they initially planting several other varieties which ultimately were not suited to this generally cooler … [Read more...]
Igneous Wines
Igneous Wines is owned and operated by Don and Ann Huckfeldt. Don's family owns a 30+ year successful water-well drilling business in the Napa Valley. With a business such as this one he has become intimately aware of most every vineyard in Napa County and has also become friends with many of the local vintners. As a result when he decided to plant an estate … [Read more...]
Corté Riva
Corté Riva is owned and operated by Lawrence and Nieves Cortez; Nieve's cousin Romel Rivera is the winemaker and the winery takes its name from combining parts of their last names. This winery is the result of a story that is built on perseverance and hard work all of which started in the northern Philippines. Lawrence's family ran a fish farm, raising … [Read more...]
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