Amici Cellars was started after winemaker, Jeff Hansen and friends crushed a few tons of grapes in 1991 for their own personal use. "This was good wine", they unanimously agreed and soon thereafter released their first commercial vintage. The name Amici means "friends" in Italian and is a tribute to the friends who started this winery as well as to their … [Read more...]

Gandona is a winery built on a property which has a long well-regarded vineyard history in Napa Valley. This is Pritchard Hill, a small hillside part of Napa Valley in the Vaca mountains, characterized by iron rich, rocky and red soils. It was named after Charles Pritchard who homesteaded the top of this knoll and planted vines in the 1880s (where … [Read more...]

Darioush Winery, specializes in premium wines and was founded in 1997 by Iranian born, Darioush Khaledi and his wife Shahpar with their first vintage released that year. The visually stunning 'Persian palace', i.e., hospitality center was not completed until 2004 and was constructed with stones imported from quarries near Shiraz. Darioush's father was a … [Read more...]

Realm Cellars produced their first vintage in 2002, made at Sherwin Family Winery by founding Realm winemaker Mike Hirby. Later vintages were produced at Laird Estate and Chateau Boswell. In addition to their estate vineyards in the Stags Leap District, Coombsville and on Pritchard Hill, Realm Cellars sources grapes from several other premium vineyards … [Read more...]

Component Wine Company is one of four wine brands part of the Vin Fraîche Wine Group - a collection of sommelier and winemaker created and owned wines ranging from vineyards in California, Oregon, Washington, Bordeaux and Tuscany. The wine brands are Component Wines (Napa Valley & Bordeaux), Gagnon-Kennedy (primarily Napa Valley), SOM, State of Mind (Oregon, … [Read more...]

Outpost Winery is located on top of Summit Lake Drive at an elevation of 2200 feet – about 10 minutes outside of the small town of Angwin. This road should almost be called Zinfandel Drive as several other premium Zinfandel producers are located within minutes of Outpost off of this same road. This is in northern Napa Valley's Howell Mountain appellation. As … [Read more...]

Bergman Estate. The property for Bergman Estate was acquired by Alan and Pam Bergman in 2013; they eventually acquired a neighboring parcel for a total of 40 acres. Ten acres are currently planted including 8 acres to red varieties: 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot and 3% Merlot. Two terraced acres on a triangular hill are planted … [Read more...]