Page Wine Cellars was founded in 1997 with a tiny production of just 36 cases. The winery and winemaking are operated by Bryan Page and his brother Chris. We first met Bryan at a tasting in San Francisco sometime around 2007. For many years, the winery was in a warehouse location in the city of Napa just off of Highway 29, but in early 2022 Bryan moved his … [Read more...]

Quintessa Winery is an architecturally intriguing winery located on the west side of the Silverado Trail just north of Rutherford Cross Road. The estate encompasses 280 acres of which approximately 135 acres are planted to vine. The winery was founded in 1989 by well-known Chilean vintners Agustin Huneeus and his wife Valeria. Vines were first planted in … [Read more...]

Quixote Winery, from the exterior, is visually one of Napa Valley's most intriguing wineries (construction was completed in 2000). Quixote resembles a building out of a fairy tale; the reason being is that it was designed by the famous Viennese creative (often working in the nude) artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. He was born in Austria as Friedrich … [Read more...]

R.A. Harrison Family Cellars (not to be confused with another Napa Valley based winery William Harrison) is run by Roger Allen Harrison who spent 32 years at Beringer Winery working on their Nightingale wine project before leaving in 2014 to concentrate on his own wines. He was trained on making botrysized wines (noble rot) by the husband wife team of Myron … [Read more...]

Saddleback Cellars is located off of the small residential & vineyard surrounded Money Road - about 1/2 way down the Oakville Cross Road. Astute followers of Orange County California trivia will note a similarity between this wineries' name and two prominent mountain peaks in the Santa Ana range called Saddleback. In addition, there is a dip in the Vaca … [Read more...]

Tamber Bey Vineyards produced their first commercial vintage in 2001 (merely 150 cases) and now crafts over 5,000 cases a year and growing. In late summer 2013, Tamber Bey moved their winemaking and hospitality to a 22-acre site (Sundance Ranch) located a few minutes drive north of the center of Calistoga. In this far northern part of Napa Valley, there … [Read more...]

The History The original V Sattui Winery was founded in 1885 by Vittorio Sattui in San Francisco. He emigrated to California 3 years prior from Carsi, a small remote mountain town north of Genova in northern Italy. The closest larger community to Carsi is Busalla, about a 30 minute drive and is where we stayed due to the number of restaurants and hotels. … [Read more...]

Yates Family Vineyard is located on the slopes of Mt. Veeder; this is one of the southernmost vineyards in the Mt. Veeder Appellation. Mt. Veeder is named for German Presbyterian pastor, Peter Veeder who is buried in Tulocay Cemetery in the city of Napa. When we think of historical German contributions to Napa Valley's wine industry, we always think of Mt. … [Read more...]