St Clair Brown Winery opened an urban winery and tasting room in the city of Napa in 2012. But with a twist. This little oasis is surrounded by various auto body shops and other industrial type businesses. We counted some 5 auto-body shops seen from their gardens. This is not your typical urban standalone tasting room. Farm to table is a much-practiced … [Read more...]

Mirror Wine Co began as a partnership with Notre Dame football star and 12 year NFL veteran, Rick Mirer and longtime Napa winemaker Rob Lawson. Rick was born and raised in Goshen, Indiana; his father Ken was the football coach for the high school Goshen team for 20 seasons. Rick was already talented in football; at the age of only 8 in 1978 he won the … [Read more...]

Meteor Vineyard is a 40 acre site (22.58 acres planted on site of former pasture land) in the heart of the Coombsville region located just east of the town of Napa planted almost entirely to Cabernet Sauvignon on a variety of clones and rootstalks. A small 1/3 of an acre with two tiny blocks is planted to Petit Verdot. This land used to be part of Nathan … [Read more...]

Edge Hill is one of Napa's Valley's most historical and treasured winery properties. The original 1500 acres was settled by General Erasmus Keyes after serving in the Civil War (rising to Brigadier General and leading Keyes's Brigade at the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861). He had a personal letter signed by Abraham Lincoln providing the deed to this … [Read more...]

Arkenstone Vineyards. The Krausz's, Ron (from northern California) and Susan (from Minnesota) purchased 40+ acres of former pastureland on Howell Mountain in 1988. Both were in their early 30s at the time, Susan was a marriage counselor and Ron was and still is a practicing attorney and operates The Krausz Companies, Inc - a real estate development company. … [Read more...]

Modus Operandi Wines is operated by Jason Moore, a Texas transplant to the Napa Valley. Jason worked for several years in the restaurant industry waiting tables at fine establishments while living in Dallas and during this time earned his real estate license. He would wait tables by night and sell real estate by day. Ambitions of going on to a successful … [Read more...]

Seven Stones Winery (not to be confused with the Seven Stones Winery in British Columbia, Canada) was founded by Ron and Anita Wornick (Ron passed away in 2021). Ron had a passion for both the arts and sciences and winemaking satisfies both of these avocations. During college he earned extra money as a professional trumpet player. After college he joined the … [Read more...]