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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Robert Pecota Winery
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...]
Dana Estates
Dana Estates (pronounced da-nuh) is located in the heart of Rutherford on benchland soils just above the valley floor nestled against the edge of the Mayacamas mountains. This estate is historically rich; it is home to a ghost winery (stone wineries that were built before prohibition) founded in 1883 by H.W. Helms, a German immigrant and viticulturist. … [Read more...]
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...]
Barbour Vineyards
Barbour Vineyards is owned by long time Napa resident and vineyard manager Jim Barbour and his daughter Fiona. We originally met with Barbour Vineyards General Manager, Kathy Simpson who is also Jim's wife. Jim first moved to the Napa Valley with his family from San Francisco when he was a young boy in 1962. He graduated from St. Helena High School where … [Read more...]
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