Castello di Amorosa opened its doors to the public for the first time on Monday April 9, 2007 - this work of medieval architecture in the new world was conceived by long time Napa vintner Dario Sattui (also known as il padrone), owner of V. Sattui winery. Dario purchased this 171-acre property in March 1993 in what is now the Diamond Mountain District, one … [Read more...]
Caymus Vineyards
Caymus Vineyards is one of Napa's older family owned and operated wineries. From the 'midpoint' of Napa Valley at their home in Rutherford (the winery is located near the “T Intersection” of Rutherford Road and Conn Creek Road), their story is one of extremely hard work; they are one of Napa Valley's true success stories. There are numerous reasons why … [Read more...]
Cederquist Wine Company
Cederquist Wine Company was founded by long time winemaker Dan Cederquist. He started his winery career at Stag's Leap Wine Cellars and then was head winemaker at De Loach Vineyards in Santa Rosa for many years and more recently started making his own wine. His first vintage was released in 2002. His focus is to make high quality red wines from both Sonoma … [Read more...]
Ceja Vineyards
Ceja Vineyards is one of a number of Latino family-owned wineries in the Napa Valley. Ceja Vineyards was founded by 1st generation Mexican American immigrants Pedro and Amelia Ceja and Pedro's brother Armando and his wife Martha. Armando is their primary winemaker. Ceja in Spanish means eyebrow. The Ceja's originally lived in small villages in the state of … [Read more...]
Ceja Vineyards Tasting Room Napa
Tasting room moving to city of Sonoma, October 2014 Ceja Vineyards Tasting Room - Ceja (literally translates to "eyebrow" from Spanish to English) opened their new tasting room in early February 2008 and we visited shortly after they opened (we have since revisited several times). Their location anchors one of the entrances to the Napa Town Center … [Read more...]
Chanticleer Wine
Chanticleer Wine is a winery with vineyards located just above the town of Yountville close to the Veterans home on the west side of the valley. Astute readers will note that the name Chanticleer is the name of a heroic rooster in one of the Canterbury Tales. The actual vineyards called Morningside are planted to Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese and are 8 … [Read more...]
Chappellet Winery
Chappellet Winery is located on the slopes of Pritchard Hill, arguably the Napa Valley's best known 'neighborhood' to not yet be designated with its own sub appellation. Pritchard Hill is named after the first settler in this part of Napa Valley, Charles Pritchard. He first planted grapes here in 1882 and the Chappellet property is where he used to live. … [Read more...]
Charbay Winery & Distillery
Charbay Winery & Distillery is located towards the top of the Spring Mountain District in the hills west of the town of St. Helena. Come here when you need a break from Napa Valley still dry wines in order to taste some very high quality ports and desert wines. This is the only winery/distillery in the Napa Valley. The Karakasevic family originates from … [Read more...]
Charles Krug Winery
Charles Krug Winery. Our first ever visit to Charles Krug in 2009 was very special because we had been looking forward to a tasting here for quite some time ever since starting The Napa Wine Project in 2006. This is Napa Valley's oldest winery still in existence and that deserves special recognition (although the original winery building is long gone). This … [Read more...]
CHASE Cellars
CHASE Cellars is a boutique winery located almost at the base of the western hills of Napa Valley (the Mayacamas mountains) on Sulphur Springs Road just south west of the town of St. Helena. Most visitors won't discover CHASE Cellars on their first few trips to the valley - the winery is not located along the busy "wine strip" along Highway 29 and for many … [Read more...]
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