DYN 2880 is a boutique producer run by husband wife John and Betsy Hartnett with help from their children; Meghan is the General Manager and their other two kids, Jesse (a talented photographer) and Liza help out as needed, especially during harvest. Their first commercial vintage dates from 2006 - a grand total of 13 cases (only about 1/2 a barrel). … [Read more...]
Huge Bear Wines
Huge Bear Wines opened a tasting room in downtown Calistoga on Valentine's Day 2015. With the addition of this tasting room at the time, they completed what was probably a Napa Valley record at the time - three tasting rooms lined up in a row (although one of their neighboring tasting rooms has since closed). This corner location is historic - the tasting … [Read more...]
Prim Family Vineyard
Prim Family Vineyard was started by Wayne and Victoria Prim with their first vintage in 2009. Wayne grew up exploring and tasting wines and wine regions from around the world - has a home base in Incline Nevada and has long been familiar with wines from Napa. He actually made wines himself from 2004 to 2008 before deciding to make the jump to commercial … [Read more...]
Avinodos Wines
Avinodos was co-founded in 2012 by two individuals, Dan Dexter and Lorn Brambilia. For several early vintages, Lorn's father, Gustavo Brambila was their winemaker. Gustavo is one of Napa Valley's most venerable and well-regarded winemakers and has crafted more than 40 vintages to date. Today Dan and his wife Julie are the sole proprietors of Avinodos Wines … [Read more...]
First Taste Yountville 2015
Fifteen of Yountville's finest wineries were represented this year as part of a trade tasting through Premier Napa valley. This event as always was held in the historic barrel room in the Vintage 1870 Shopping Center. Highlights included red wines from Blankiet, Kapcsandy, Dominus, Gemstone & Rocca. With most of the producers offering Cabernet Sauvignon … [Read more...]
The Westin Verasa Napa to Host Third Annual Wine, Women and Wellness Weekend March 6 – 8
Held in Honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, this Girls Getaway Will Offer an Array of Wellness Activities including a Female Wine Tasting Reception and Winemaker Dinner at La Toque NAPA, Calif. (February 2015) – General Manager Don Shindle of The Westin Verasa Napa is pleased to announce the property will hold its third annual … [Read more...]
S.R. Tonella Cellars
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 Howard William Harlan II (known as Bill) owned Merryvale Winery in St. Helena and Bob Levy was his winemaker. At the time Merryvale … [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...]
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