Honrama Cellars is a boutique producer, initially they focused on two varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc but have since expanded their wine portfolio to offer additional selections. The wines are produced by winemaker Juan Puentes with the business operations overseen by his wife Miriam. Their story begins in Mexico. The Ramirez-Mata … [Read more...]

The Wine Foundry. With the struggles of one company comes opportunity for others. Founder and visionary of The Wine Foundry Philip Von Burg has made a career of "rescuing" and working with under-performing, distressed or bankrupt companies. In 2012 his own company, Castlegate Capital Advisers acquired the assets of Crushpad (a one-time prominent winery that … [Read more...]

Pulido-Walker was created by husband-wife Mark Pulido and Donna Walker. Mark's family originally immigrated from Spain and were pharmacists. Mark also graduated with a degree in pharmacy from the University of Arizona and later became President and CEO of McKesson Corporation and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation USA. Donna also comes from a … [Read more...]

Hindsight Wines. Incidentally this review is a milestone for the Napa Wine Project; it was the 800th Napa Winery or producer we have visited with, tasted the wines and reviewed over the past 9+ years. At the time of our visit, our goal was to reach over 1,000 unique Napa wineries and producers reviewed on this site - which we completed in 2019. We are now … [Read more...]

Next Door Wine. The founding of Next Door Wine begins with Jeff Clarke; originally from New York he has spent a long career in the world of tech and was a former CEO of Kodak. Having enjoyed fine wines for many years he bought a house in Calistoga in 2005 with four surrounding acres. This property had never been planted to vines before; in 2007 he decided to … [Read more...]

PROMISE Wine is a boutique producer, founded in 2004 by proprietor Stephen McPherson. Stephen was introduced to wine early on in his life. His family was living in Paris where his father was the headmaster for the American School in Paris. Stephen's father was passionate about wine - even taking classes from Steven Spurrier the British wine expert and wine … [Read more...]

Mending Wall Winery is a partnership between three owners: Frank and Kathy Dotzler (the co-founders of Outpost Winery), Mark Pulido and Donna Walker (owners of Pulido-Walker Wine) and well-regarded winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown. Frank and Kathy (who we originally met with) began to discuss the possibility of building another winery - looking specifically … [Read more...]

Olney Family Vineyard was founded by husband and wife David and Shirley Olney with their first vintage dating from 2008. The Olney's moved here in late 1995 after living in Jamieson Canyon for several years (also southern part of Napa Valley but more to the east). Their property is only about a 10-minute drive from downtown Napa and is located on the western … [Read more...]