Porter Family Vineyards, not to be confused with Porter Creek Vineyards in neighboring Sonoma County, is located in the hills on the edge of the Coombsville region east of the town of Napa. As a result, the vineyards here are all hillside planted with great views looking north into the Napa Valley. This winery is owned and operated by Tom Porter and his wife … [Read more...]

Dominus Estate is owned and operated by Christian Moueix who first came to California from France when he was in his 20s. He studied viticulture and enology at UC Davis in the late 1960s and was introduced to Napa Valley at this time. This was shortly after several of Napa's early wine pioneers had graduated from Davis - most notably industry pioneer Napa … [Read more...]

ACME Fine Wines is owned by Karen Williams and is located half a block from Main Street on Hunt Ave in the town of St. Helena. The term acme refers to a summit or highest peak or something one is the best or most successful at doing. ACME opened their first location in 2003, outgrew the location in 5 years and moved to a location on Fulton Lane in early 2008 … [Read more...]

Waugh Family Wines was an integral part of a rocky rugged piece of property with views overlooking both Soda Canyon and southern Napa Valley (about a 20 minute drive from downtown Napa), a site known as The Caves at Soda Canyon. While the Waugh's are no longer involved in this property and have moved to Texas, their footprint on this project will always be … [Read more...]

Mi Sueño Winery (means "my dream" in Spanish) was founded and is owned by long time Napa winemaker Rolando Herrera and his wife Lorena. As Rolando told us when we first met him many years ago, "it took me 20 years to realize this dream but just 20 seconds to come up with the name". The story that leads to the founding of this winery is quite remarkable. … [Read more...]

Oxbow Cheese & Wine Merchant is located just inside of the 30,000 square foot Oxbow Public Market near The CIA at Copia (originally founded as Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts in 2001). Oxbow is a short walk from downtown Napa across the 1st street bridge over the Napa River. Along with the name of the market this wine merchant takes its … [Read more...]

Green and Red Vineyard was founded in 1977 by Jay Heminway (died in June 2019), leaving the winery to be run by his wife Pam and daughter Tobin and her husband Raymond. Tobin has enjoyed a career as a film producer and editor in New York and Raymond was a General Counsel who now describes himself as a 'cellar rat' helping out with numerous details both in … [Read more...]