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 Miami from 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 a video store … [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...]

Folio Fine Wine Partners represents a wide selection of wines from select producers in top wine regions around the world to the American market. As of our latest update to this review they represent more than 40 wineries from eight countries. And the wines produced under Folio Wine Partners (also owned by Michael Mondavi) are Hangtime, Oberon and Spellbound. … [Read more...]

Trujillo Wines. Winemaker and founder, Michael Trujillo grew up in Southern Colorado in a family that was more apt to drink beer and bourbon then ever a glass of wine. His upbringing was on a 3,000-acre family farm where he learned how to tend sheep and cattle. In college he decided to study architectural engineering with an interest in building skyscrapers … [Read more...]