Stewart Cellars is a small family owned and operated premium producer; they were founded in 2000 by Michael and Anne Stewart of Houston, Texas. Michael was the founder of Texas MicroSystems, Inc., a company that produced personal computers and servers for the telecommunication industry (he sold the company in 2002). He was also a founding partner of Santa … [Read more...]
Barbour Vineyards
Barbour Vineyards is owned by long time Napa resident and vineyard manager Jim Barbour and his daughter Fiona. We originally met with Barbour Vineyards General Manager, Kathy Simpson who is also Jim's wife. Jim first moved to the Napa Valley with his family from San Francisco when he was a young boy in 1962. He graduated from St. Helena High School where … [Read more...]
Morlet Family Vineyards
Morlet Family Vineyards was started by French winemaker Luc Morlet and his wife Jodie; 2006 was their first vintage. Luc was born in Epernay, France (Champagne) and is the five generation of winegrowers; he has worked over 40 harvests. He has been surrounded by the wine industry his entire life as his family have been growing grapes since the early 1800s. … [Read more...]
Covenant Wines
Covenant Wines is owned by three partners, vintner and author Jeff Morgan and his wife Jodie - and Leslie Rudd (owner of Napa's Rudd Winery, Dean & Deluca, Oakville Grocery etc). It is always nice and a rarity when we meet a winemaker who has a passion for writing as well as an obvious passion for wine. Jeff's interest in wine began many years ago - in New … [Read more...]
Grassi Wine Company
Grassi Wine Company was founded in 2005 and is owned by the Grassi Family, longtime residents of Napa Valley. Mark Grassi (from Walnut Creek in the San Francisco Bay Area) moved to the valley in 1974 and has long been passionate about wine. He was a home winemaker for a number years and also took viticulture and enology courses at Napa Valley College. When … [Read more...]
Hudson Ranch & Vineyards
Hudson Vineyards is a 2,000 acre ranch (nearly 200 acres are planted to vines) contained entirely within the Napa side of Carneros in the southern part of Napa Valley, just north of the San Pablo Bay. Look for the Hudson flags flying near the entrance to their driveway off of Highway 12, including the black pirate jolly roger flag flying during harvest. From … [Read more...]
Tayson-Pierce Wines
Tayson-Pierce Wines are owned by Eric (who we met with) and Susan Rothchild. At first impression one may assume some link between the famous French wine family, but a second glance reveals a difference in spelling of the last names. The name of the winery was created by taking several letters from each of their son's first names: Taylor, Grayson and … [Read more...]
Spotted Owl Vineyards
Spotted Owl Vineyards are run by the husband and wife team of Mikhail & Jill Gishizky. This project began when they acquired a 4-acre Chardonnay vineyard at about 1200 feet on Mt. Veeder. Mikhail used to ride his bike on the windy roads of Mt. Veeder and as luck would have it, their vineyard sits right near where he would stop to view one of the best … [Read more...]
Long Meadow Ranch Tasting Room & Farmstead
Long Meadow Ranch Tasting Room & Farmstead is located in the southern part of St. Helena just off of Highway 29 (Main Street) across the highway and within a very short walk of the iconic Gott's Roadside gourmet hamburger stand. If you are on foot, there is a cross walk across the highway which can be highly useful considering traffic is often backed up … [Read more...]
Kapcsándy Family Winery
Kapcsándy Family Winery (pronounced Cup-chon-dy) is a small family owned and operated winery located just east of Yountville surrounded by premium vineyards and producers. This site was originally the Beringer leased State Lane property which produced some of the finest grapes for Beringer's wines including the fruit for their first Private Reserve wine in … [Read more...]
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