Tres Perlas Wines, formerly known as Renteria Wines is owned by the Renteria family including Salvador and his wife Maria Luisa and Oscar and his wife Denise. Their first vintage of wine was in 1997. Salvador (Sal) immigrated to the USA from Jalisco, Mexico. His first work in Chicago was as a barber, starting at age 15. As a tribute to his early trade, the … [Read more...]
Revana Family Vineyards
Revana Family Vineyards is owned by Dr. Madaiah Revana, a practicing cardiologist based in Houston, Texas. Dr. Revana, one of ten children, was raised on a farm in a small village in southern India near Bengaluru, the capital of the state of Karnataka. Bengaluru Rural, a semicircular geographic district surrounding parts of Bengaluru is home to numerous … [Read more...]
Reverie II Winery
Reverie II Winery is a boutique winery which was originally located in the Diamond Mountain Appellation south of the town of Calistoga. It was founded by Norm Kiken and his late wife Evelyn Kiken. Their first vintage was in 1996. Norm's introduction to wine began in a dentist's chair in 1973 on the east coast while waiting for a root canal. While browsing … [Read more...]
Reynolds Family Winery
Reynolds Family Winery was founded by long time Napa vintner Steve Reynolds; Steve was the winemaker for several decades since his inaugural vintage in 1999. His son Cameron has since assumed the role of winemaker. Steve was introduced to wine initially through his father who obsessed about collecting various wines; wine was always a part of their meals. … [Read more...]
RigArt Garage Winery
RigArt Garage Winery is not open to the public and yes, as the name implies this winery is run directly out of a garage. As a result, this was one of the oddest Napa tastings we have done...sitting in the garage in the dark watching residential traffic cruise by the neighborhood streets! We have since visited a number of "garagist" wineries in Napa, but in … [Read more...]
Ritchie Creek Vineyard
Ritchie Creek Vineyard is one of the oldest and seemingly most isolated wineries in the Spring Mountain District. There are in fact a number of wineries in the immediate vicinity - but much of their property is heavily wooded and you don't sense there are any winery neighbors during a visit here. Their approximately 8 acres of vineyards are located at about … [Read more...]
Robert Biale Vineyards
Robert Biale Vineyards was founded in 1991 by four partners including Robert Biale. Robert and original partner and childhood friend Dave Pramuk were co-proprietors; today the winery is owned by the Biale family. Robert oversees their vineyard management and is responsible for their vineyard sources. Dave oversaw their sales & marketing, public relations and … [Read more...]
Robert Craig Winery
Robert Craig Winery is perched at an elevation of almost 2300 feet high on Howell Mountain on the north east side of Napa Valley. This is the highest physical winery on Howell Mountain, slightly higher than the winery at Black Sears (although the uppermost reaches of the vineyard at Black Sears are the highest vines on Howell Mountain). Because of the … [Read more...]
Keenan Winery
Keenan Winery is located about 2/3 of the way up Spring Mountain Road (before you reach the Napa / Sonoma County line) at about 1,700 feet. This is the quintessential Spring Mountain hillside ghost winery. Originally founded as the Peter Conradi Winery, Peter & his family moved here in 1890, planted grapes a year later and built a simple wooden winery which … [Read more...]
Robert Sinskey Vineyards
Robert Sinskey Vineyards. For more than three decades until 2023, Robert Sinskey Vineyards was located against the hills on the eastern side of Silverado Trail in the Stags Leap District. Sinskey was founded by Dr. Robert (Bob) Sinskey, a prominent cataract surgeon in 1986. The original winery was designed by architect Oscar Leidenfrost and opened in 1988; … [Read more...]
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