Stråla Vineyards was founded in 2014 by husband wife Jason and Laura Ray. Laura was born in Chicago and raised most of her life in Wisconsin. Taking a job in medical sales after college she eventually moved to San Francisco. She recalls her first trip to Napa Valley was sometime in 2004 with her sister. She remembers driving up the Silverado Trail and … [Read more...]

Zuidema Wines is a partnership between long time Napa winemaker Rudy Zuidema and his wife Amy. Rudy was born in Sacramento but grew up in nearby Davis, a town known for its university. Conveniently Rudy was accepted to UC Davis where he spent three years studying photography and design with the intent to eventually create logos and designs for sports … [Read more...]

CAMi Vineyards was founded by long time Napa resident, Laurie Shelton with her first wine from 2013. Her production is rather small - usually under 200 cases from her tiny 2.5-acre vineyard in the southern part of the Calistoga appellation along the Silverado Trail. When she and her husband at the time Tom Shelton (died in 2008) purchased the property in … [Read more...]

MC4 Wines. Proximity, friendship, premium terroir and the desire to produce an extremely limited production wine have converged in this special slice of the valley, just north of St. Helena. Friends and neighbors, Paul and Lesa Martin and Fred and Darcy Croshaw combined efforts to produce their first wine from the 2009 vintage, merely 8 cases. Their … [Read more...]

Dalla Valle Vineyards was founded by Gustav and Naoko Dalla Valle after they purchased property in the Napa Valley in 1982; the first vintage from the property was in 1986. Gustav died in 1995; he was a legend in the world of SCUBA Diving and lived a rich and varied life, mostly overseas. He was originally from the northern part of Italy where his family was … [Read more...]

Navone Family Wines. Founders, Andy and Celeste Navone were born and raised in Napa Valley. Andy's grandfather, Giuseppe Navone came to Napa Valley in the early 1900s - then returned to Italy, met a girl, married within 2 weeks and accompanied his bride, Maria back to the Napa Valley. They purchased the current family ranch in what is now the northern … [Read more...]

Keplinger Wines was founded by husband and wife Helen Keplinger and DJ Warner. Helen was born and raised in Ohio – and grew up with parents who enjoyed wine, travel and the outdoors. Helen recalls collecting wine bottles (empty ones) when she was a child. But her interest in wine did not come until later. After graduating from Smith College in Massachusetts … [Read more...]

Boich Family Cellar. Founder John Boich lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years where he enjoyed a long career in finance serving as a portfolio manager for select companies and founding and running several investment firms. He began visiting Napa and Sonoma in the mid 1990's staying in the area for a few nights at a time. During one such trip … [Read more...]