Andrew Lane Wines has a long history of producing wine in the Napa Valley - dating back to 1978; they were founded by David (since deceased) and Sandee Dickson. Over the years, the Dickson Family has also been involved in a diversity of businesses. Relatives in the early 1900's ran one of Canada's largest canneries along the Frazier River (near Vancouver), … [Read more...]

Garric Cellars is owned and operated by two Chicago physicians, Gary Ochwat and Ricardo Cajulis. The winery name comes from combining the first 3 letters of their first names. Both partners have varied backgrounds. Gary grew up in an Italian family in Chicago while Ricardo hails from a very small island in the Philippines. Ricardo arrived in Chicago with … [Read more...]

Sodaro Estate Winery was owned by Don and Felicity (Deedee) Sodaro, long time Southern California residents who both are passionate about wine. Don has been involved with the hospitality industry for many years having founded Santa Ana based Sixpence Inns of America (which sold to Motel 6 in 1988) and served as CEO of Hanford Hotels Inc. His family's wine … [Read more...]

Palladian Estate Winery was a partnership between retired shipping veteran David Jones, his wife Sandy and long time well-respected Napa winemaker David Mahaffey. Today Sandy is the sole proprietor of Palladian Estate. David Jones was instrumental in the design of modern day cargo shipping containers; he and Sandy eventually relocated here from San Francisco … [Read more...]

Olivia Brion was founded by Napa wine veteran David Mahaffey with a focus on Pinot Noir as well as sometimes Chardonnay. David has been making wines in Napa Valley since 1980 and has also taught wine making at Napa Valley College. All vineyard sources for his wines come from one of Napa's older (dates from 1988) but generally least well-known sub … [Read more...]

Ramian Estate is run by Napa vintner, Brian Graham who originally is from Texas. His path to wine comes after earning a degree in architecture from Texas Tech. However soon after graduating he started working in wine stores and then as a wine buyer. Bitten by the wine bug at this point, with a career in architecture quickly fading in the rear-view mirror he … [Read more...]

Flying Horse Winery Flying Horse Winery is owned and operated by the Smeding Family. The Smeding family been in the Napa Valley for four generations - always with a hand close to the earth. The grandparents of the current owners, Lettie, came to Napa in the 1920's from Scandanavia and started farming prune orchards (back when stone fruit orchards … [Read more...]