Fontanella Family Winery is located among the rolling hills of the southern part of the Mt. Veeder appellation almost on the AVA dividing line between Mt. Veeder and Carneros. Their property is west of the town of Napa, located about 5 miles from Highway 29. Jeff Fontanella is the winemaker; he originally studied Biochemistry at the University of California … [Read more...]
Match Vineyards
Match Vineyards are owned by Randy Sloan and Sasha Match. The winery is named in honor of Sasha. Randy was a Russian linguist for the US army for a number of years before eventually settling in the San Francisco Bay Area. While raising their young son in the Bay Area they started looking for a weekend home. They found a nice piece of property just north of … [Read more...]
Continuum Estate
Continuum Estate was founded in 2005 and is located on Pritchard Hill in the Vaca mountains, the range that forms the eastern boundary above Napa Valley. This location was purchased in midsummer 2008 and two existing vineyard properties were combined into one large property. These included Versant founded by former architect Richard Martin and Cloudview, … [Read more...]
VinRoc Wine
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...]
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