York Creek Vineyards (named after the creek of the same name on the property) is owned by successful entrepreneur Fritz Maytag, whose family is synonymous with the Maytag home appliance corporation (no longer owners) and Maytag Dairy Farms. In addition their family developed and currently produces the famous Maytag Blue Cheese. York Creek Vineyards is one of … [Read more...]

Ardente Winery is located at 1500 feet on the rocky volcanic slopes of Atlas Peak. This winery is owned by Carlo Di Ruocco and his wife Marie Francoise. We recently met with Carlo during a very typical summer weather day at his winery. Atlas Peak is generally characterized as a rugged appellation (topography) that is located in the cooler part of the south … [Read more...]

Oakville East is an exciting project that originally was founded on one of our favorite hillside producing regions in the Napa Valley, a specific hillside region in eastern Oakville dubbed by some as "the magic hill" or "magic mountain". This small section of the appellation contains some of the most well-known high-end wineries in Napa including Screaming … [Read more...]

Egelhoff Wines was founded by long time Napa Valley vintner Bob Egelhoff with his first vintage of Egelhoff Wines dating from 1999. His background is both in viticulture and enology; he is a graduate of UC Davis. After managing vineyards for a brief period near Chico, California he moved to the Napa Valley - what better vineyard management company to start … [Read more...]

Crazy Flower Wines is owned by two sisters - Kari Flores and Nikki Moore. Kari manages a small 1 acre vineyard located in the northern reaches of Napa's Carneros Appellation. The Carneros appellation is not just the rolling hills located around Highway 12 in the southern part of the valley but actually extends north west of the town of Napa. Their vineyard … [Read more...]