Sciandri Family Vineyards (pronounced "she-andri") is one Coombsville's 'hidden' gems, located at the edge of rolling hills bordering the 850 acre wilderness Skyline Park. Their property is located only about a 10–12-minute drive from the city of Napa but feels far removed from any urban environment. This small family-owned vineyard (22 acres total) is … [Read more...]
Uncorked at Oxbow
Uncorked at Oxbow is conveniently located in Napa's Oxbow district - a short ride or walk from downtown crossing over the Napa River. As the name indicates there is a geographical association with the Oxbow Market; Uncorked is located almost across the street from this market and just down the street from the former COPIA property - now owned and operated by … [Read more...]
Dancing Hares Vineyard
Dancing Hares Vineyard During what was probably the best artisan tasting event of 2009 in the Napa Valley (Atelier tasting at ACME Wine Shop in St. Helena) - we were able to taste some of the top wines coming out of the valley with a number of the valley's most well regarded winemakers present. During this event while sampling the various wines, rather than … [Read more...]
Haber Family Vineyards
Haber Family Vineyards was founded by Ron Haber and his wife and business partner Sue-Marie. We initially met Ron and Sue-Marie at their first ever California tasting in mid 2009 at the Taste of Howell Mountain at Charles Krug Winery where they were pouring a barrel sample of their estate Cabernet Sauvignon. And we have followed up with additional tastings … [Read more...]
York Creek Vineyards
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...]
Delgadillo Cellars
Delgadillo Cellars is owned by the father son team, Ignacio Sr. and Ignacio Jr (who we originally met with). Their partnership is ideal as Ignacio Sr. handles all the vineyard management duties as well as winemaking and Ignacio Jr. handles the marking and business side of the operations. Ignacio Sr. first came to Napa Valley in 1972 from Jalisco Mexico at … [Read more...]
Ardente Winery
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
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
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...]
Boeschen Vineyards
Boeschen Vineyards is a family owned boutique winery and vineyard located north east of St. Helena off of the Silverado Trail. Boeschen Vineyards was founded by Dann and Susan Boeschen (she is a Master Gardner); in 1999 they acquired 35 acres of land (came with existing vineyards). For several years before producing their own wine from the estate, they sold … [Read more...]
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