Grand Napa Vineyards was founded by Dwight Bonewell. After graduating from the University of Minnesota, while in his early twenties he immediately took a job at a small brokerage firm on Wall Street. Two weeks after he started, on October 19, 1987, the stock market crashed. His company survived as it was under ownership of much larger banks. This was quite … [Read more...]

Implicit Cellars was founded in 2017 by three Ohio based couples: Andrea & Tony Granata, Belinda & Leary Cox and Jennifer & Ed Kuchar. Tony (who we have met with several times) used to work at the Ticknors Men's Clothiers branch at Summit Mall in Akron, Ohio; Leary and Ed were two of his clients. As of our latest update to this review, this Ticknor's store … [Read more...]

Nid Tissé was founded by French born winemaker Marie-Laure Ammons. She was raised in the small village of Chameyrat in Limousin, a part of France known for its forests producing tightly grained oak barrels, often used in Cognac and for fine cattle producing exceptional veal. The region was also home to an accordion factory and is where troubadour lyrics were … [Read more...]

Museion Napa was founded by the Hernandez family in 2021. Originally from Guatemala, the family's first introduction to Napa Valley came when Ana Hernandez moved here in 1996 from Guatemala City at age 19 to study at the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena, soon after the St. Helena campus opened. She wanted to be a sommelier but because she was not … [Read more...]

Buselli Wines. The origins of Buselli wines are rooted in the tiny village of Frontone in the Marche region of northeast Italy, the original home of Rosalia and Italo Buselli. Because of family in the U.S. and looking for a better life, they left Italy for Toronto in 1958. In 1961 they settled in San Francisco. The couple began looking for property in Napa … [Read more...]

Goosecross Cellars is located only a few minutes' drive from Yountville, yet feels very much off the beaten path. This still small winery was founded by two couples in 1985, David & Colleen Topper and winemaker Geoff Gorsuch and his wife Karen. They operated Goosecross Cellars until the Spring of 2013 when they sold the winery and surrounding vineyard to … [Read more...]

O'Brien Estate Winery is located among vineyards in the Oak Knoll District at the edge of northern Napa's urban residential creep. This district is known for its moderate temperatures and diversity of grape varieties. Oak Knoll District is far enough away from the San Pablo Bay but not too far north; therefore, it is not as cold as the Carneros region to the … [Read more...]

Matt Morris Wines. We first met Matt on Dunaweal Lane, one of Calistoga's most historic viticulture neighborhoods. The site was Tofanelli Vineyard, one of the properties providing the grapes for his Charbono. It was on this property that we first met proprietor Vince Tofanelli many years ago on the side of his vineyard next to the road where he poured us his … [Read more...]

Amlés(pronounced ahmlay) was founded by Scott Miller and his wife Sharon Virts with their inaugural vintage in 2018. This Napa Valley brand is built around Scott and Sharon's interests and passions in life including wine, history, art and charitable giving. The word Amlés was created by spelling Selma backwards and adding an accent mark over the letter e. … [Read more...]