La Sirena Napa Valley was founded in 1994 by winemaker Heidi Barrett. Her first several vintages were of a Sangiovese; the first vintage of this wine was not originally meant for Heidi. Rather she was making it for a custom crush client who for a number of reasons eventually abandoned the project and was going to sell the wine in the bulk market. Heidi … [Read more...]

Kuleto Estate Winery. One word sums up this unique and gorgeous winery location - best defined simply by the word wow. The property is among some of Napa Valley's most picturesque winery locations. The views are excellent overlooking the surrounding hillsides as well as part of Napa Valley proper in the distance. The picturesque Lake Hennessey far below the … [Read more...]

Stone the Crows Wine, not to be confused with Dancing Crow Vineyards in Mendocino County is a single vineyard producing one wine each year from a hillside vineyard planted in St. Helena. The vineyard itself is somewhat remote - located in the hills east of the town of St Helena on the northern slopes above Lake Hennessy. Initially one wine was produced … [Read more...]

Sinegal Estate was founded in 2013 with the first release of wines under the Sinegal label from their 30 acre Inglewood estate in St Helena (not to be confused with the Inglenook Estate in Rutherford). This is not a new winery property by any means - it was part of an original land grant in this part of the valley and its more modern-day history dates back … [Read more...]

Wallis Estate is located in the hills of the Diamond Mountain AVA. Founder Edward J. Wallis (named after his grandfather) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and moved to Napa Valley soon after college. He purchased this property in 1975 (85 acres) and raised his family here. He remembers the valley being a sleepy place at the time - with only a few … [Read more...]

While MACDONALD is one of Napa’s newer producers, one must start with some history to help establish their story in Napa’s wine industry. The MacDonald family history in Napa Valley and contributions to the Napa wine industry date back to 1954. However, the historic vineyard where their own vines are planted, To Kalon dates back to 1868. Founder, H.W. Crabb … [Read more...]

Patland Estate Vineyards was founded by Henry and Olga Patland with the purchase of their property on Soda Canyon (southern Napa Valley) in 2007. Henry immigrated to the USA to Miami from the Ukraine in 1978 when he was still a child - the family made ends meet by delivering newspapers. Later he and his family moved to San Francisco where his parents opened … [Read more...]

Thorn Hill Vineyards was founded with their first release in 2007 - this winery was started by the husband wife team of Amy and Jack Thorn. Today they operate two tasting rooms; one near Lancaster in Pennsylvania (where they live) and one in Lower Lake in neighboring Lake County to the north of Napa. They previously operated a third tasting room that was … [Read more...]