S.R. Tonella Cellars was founded by Napa Valley native Steve Tonella and his wife Ariadna with a focus entirely on wines from Rutherford. Steve is fourth generation Napan - with his father, grandfather and great uncle all involved in the wine industry in some way - from growing grapes to making wine. Steve's great uncle Joseph Ponti immigrated to San … [Read more...]
BOND
BOND is physical winery, yet more importantly, BOND is a philosophy of creating premium wines from a single variety (Cabernet Sauvignon) from 'grand cru' site specific Napa Valley vineyards. This story begins when founder Bill Harlan owned Merryvale Winery in St. Helena and Bob Levy was his winemaker. At the time Merryvale worked with around 60 vineyards in … [Read more...]
Orison Wines
Orison Wines is a partnership between husband and wife Daniel and Filipa Orison. It is also a partnership that spans multiple wine regions including Portugal and the Napa Valley. Daniel was raised in Maryland and Filipa is from Portugal. Remarkably neither studied wine making or were in the wine business merely several years ago or living in the Napa Valley. … [Read more...]
Greyscale Wines
Greyscale Wines was founded in 2008 by husband wife Jean and Larry Rowe. Jean was raised in Orinda, CA (San Francisco Bay Area); her father John Cunningham planted Zinfandel and Merlot around their property and made home wine while she was growing up. Admittedly the varieties he grew may not have been ideal for the heavy fog often blanketing Orinda, … [Read more...]
Benediction Estates
Benediction Estates was founded with the 2009 vintage by husband and wife, Phillip and Bonnie Cabaud. Note: they operated Cabaud Cellars for a number of years and was the wine we first met with them about. Neither are from the Napa Valley originally but both moved here along with their children and ultimately lived in St. Helena for three years. The move was … [Read more...]
Spiriterra Vineyards
Spiriterra is a small family run producer based in the hills of the Vaca Mountain Range - with vineyards above Lake Hennessey. Husband and wife, Paul (died November 2019) and Shirley Dean moved here in 1996 after they took a trip to California to specifically watch the "Big Game" between Stanford and Cal Berkeley (their daughter Ashley was at Stanford at the … [Read more...]
Metaphora Wines
Metaphora Wines was founded with the release of merely 50 cases of a 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon. Proprietor Ravi Mehta is one of just several of Indian heritage who owns wineries in Napa Valley. He was born in Northern India (not far from New Delhi) and immigrated to the states when he was 9 years old. A successful career as a lawyer and working in government … [Read more...]
Agnitio Wines
Agnitio Wines was founded with the release of their 2012 Chardonnay. Their focus is on Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from both Napa and Sonoma County. Other wines are made each year if there is an opportunity to source from a good vineyard. Winemaker Anthony Weytjens (no longer living in the Napa Valley and no longer involved in the winemaking for Agnitio) was … [Read more...]
Mike & Molly Hendry
Mike & Molly Hendry is a small wine brand run by Mike and his wife Molly - focusing on a single vineyard, single wine each year - a Zinfandel. Both Mike and Molly have vineyard connections to the Napa Valley. Mike's grandparents purchased 120 acres in 1939 at the base of the southern Mayacamas mountains on the way up Redwood Road to the Mt. Veeder … [Read more...]
Barrett & Barrett Wine
Barrett & Barrett produces a single estate premium Cabernet Sauvignon each year and is a joint wine making effort by husband and wife James and Heidi Barrett (although James is always referred to as Bo). These two are Napa Valley industry wine veterans; Bo has been farming his family's property (Chateau Montelena) in Calistoga since he was hired to work in … [Read more...]
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