Richard Perry Vineyards dates from 1988 when the owners Richard and Sheila Perry planted 15 acres on a 20 acre site primarily to Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Viognier in the Coombsville region just east of the town of Napa. We originally met with Sheila many years ago. Their original vineyard location was all hillside with most of the vineyards terraced. It … [Read more...]
Porter Family Vineyards
Porter Family Vineyards, not to be confused with Porter Creek Vineyards in neighboring Sonoma County, is located in the hills on the edge of the Coombsville region east of the town of Napa. As a result, the vineyards here are all hillside planted with great views looking north into the Napa Valley. This winery is owned and operated by Tom Porter and his wife … [Read more...]
Dominus Estate
Dominus Estate is owned and operated by Christian Moueix who first came to California from France when he was in his 20s. He studied viticulture and enology at UC Davis in the late 1960s and was introduced to Napa Valley at this time. This was shortly after several of Napa's early wine pioneers had graduated from Davis - most notably industry pioneer Napa … [Read more...]
Destino Wines
Destino Wines is was founded by Chris Calkins in 1998. The winery name in Spanish means destiny, fate or journey. It is Chris's philosophy that the journey of winemaking itself is in fact the destination. Chris has a long background in the coffee industry, working with Starbucks in Seattle and then later co founding the well-known Spinelli Coffee Company … [Read more...]
ACME Fine Wines
ACME Fine Wines is owned by Karen Williams and is located half a block from Main Street on Hunt Ave in the town of St. Helena. The term acme refers to a summit or highest peak or something one is the best or most successful at doing. ACME opened their first location in 2003, outgrew the location in 5 years and moved to a location on Fulton Lane in early 2008 … [Read more...]
Gridley Family Cellars
Gridley Family Cellars is run by the husband wife team of Andy Gridley & Susan Durbrow. They both attended Fresno State (unbeknownst to each other) where they took Enology courses; Andy majored in Ag Business and Susan was Wine Marketing. Several of Andy's roommates were from prominent Napa wine making families and as a result he enjoyed a number of high end … [Read more...]
Waugh Family Wines
Waugh Family Wines was an integral part of a rocky rugged piece of property with views overlooking both Soda Canyon and southern Napa Valley (about a 20 minute drive from downtown Napa), a site known as The Caves at Soda Canyon. While the Waugh's are no longer involved in this property and have moved to Texas, their footprint on this project will always be … [Read more...]
V Madrone Cellars
V Madrone Cellars is located just off of St. Helena Highway North almost across from Ehlers Lane just north of the St. Helena Marketplace stores. The story of the founding of this winery starts the day after a wedding and is a story you can only have in wine country. The husband wife team of Chris and Pauline Tilley were married at a nearby Napa resort and … [Read more...]
Mi Sueño Winery
Mi Sueño Winery (means "my dream" in Spanish) was founded and is owned by long time Napa winemaker Rolando Herrera and his wife Lorena. As Rolando told us when we first met him many years ago, "it took me 20 years to realize this dream but just 20 seconds to come up with the name". The story that leads to the founding of this winery is quite remarkable. … [Read more...]
Oxbow Cheese Wine Merchant
Oxbow Cheese & Wine Merchant is located just inside of the 30,000 square foot Oxbow Public Market near The CIA at Copia (originally founded as Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts in 2001). Oxbow is a short walk from downtown Napa across the 1st street bridge over the Napa River. Along with the name of the market this wine merchant takes its … [Read more...]
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