Harlan Estate - We had been looking forward to visiting Harlan Estate for some time. This was one of our special visits on this project; it is the 600th review of an active winery/producer to appear on this site. And remarkably, we have since nearly doubled this number with now a total of nearly 1,200 unique Napa Valley wineries/producers personally visited, … [Read more...]
Alante Vineyard
Alante Vineyard was founded by Bruno Van den Bosch and his wife Christine; they released their first commercial vintage in 2006. The story goes back much further however, to Belgium in fact. Bruno was in the computer industry in Europe and upon moving to California in 1986 he founded Alante Corporation in the Silicon Valley (specializing in refurbished HP … [Read more...]
Luis Ochoa Family
Luis Ochoa Family - We recently sat down with Luis Ochoa to try his family's wines. Luis has been in the Napa Valley since December 31st, 1966. He remembers arriving in California from Michoacán Mexico on December 29th and two days later he was in Napa working at Beringer for the going rate for newly hired vineyard workers at the whopping salary of … [Read more...]
Bourassa-Napa Smith
This 2nd tasting room closed. Their main tasting room and winery remain the same. Archiving this review now. Bourassa-Napa Smith operates a second tasting room in the same business park as their main winery/tasting room in south Napa (minutes away). Bourassa's tasting room adjoins the main tasting area for Napa Smith Brewery. No appointment is needed but … [Read more...]
Napa Smith
Archiving this review - Napa Smith is in the business of making beer. No longer making wine. Napa Smith - Beer is what winemakers drink when they need to take a break. Where else in Napa County can one visit a brewery and taste a wide variety of *beer* in a tasting room. This is the only open to the public tasting room for beer at a brewery in the entire … [Read more...]
Bello Family Vineyards
Bello Family Vineyards was founded by proprietor Michael Bello in 2004. Michael comes from Orange County in southern California where he founded Newport Beach based Walldesign, Inc., in 1983 and ran the company for nearly 30 years before it declared bankruptcy in 2012. This was a residential home sub-contracting business that focused on dry wall installation … [Read more...]
Beaucanon Estate
Beaucanon Estate has been producing balanced, bright and flavorful wines in Napa Valley since 1986, including a Chenin Blanc bottled that year. Despite a production of nearly 40 years in Napa Valley, they are still very quietly producing premium wines while remaining well under the radar of most Napa Valley wine enthusiasts and even those who work in the … [Read more...]
Beaulieu Vineyard
Beaulieu Vineyard (pronounced like bowl-you). This historically prominent and iconic winery is located on the corner of Rutherford Cross Road and Highway 29 in the small town of Rutherford. This is several miles south of St. Helena on the "wine strip" where some of Napa's most visited and venerable wineries are located. This site is home to both Beaulieu … [Read more...]
Bell Wine Cellars
Bell Wine Cellars is located off of Washington Street, just south of Yountville about 3/4 of a mile from Highway 29. Despite the Yountville town address, the winery sits in the country surrounded by vineyards and the nearby riparian zone of the Napa River. During unseasonably heavy rainfall years, sometimes the water overflows its banks and the nearby … [Read more...]
Benessere Vineyards
Benessere Vineyards is located at the end of the quiet and peaceful Big Tree Road, just north of Lodi Lane and the town of St. Helena. The original winery on the property was called Charles F. Shaw, founded by former banker Charles Shaw (a Stanford graduate) and his wife at the time Lucy. The Shaws fell in love with wine while living in Paris where Charles … [Read more...]
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