Truchard Vineyards is located in the Carneros District in southern Napa Valley. The vineyards and winery were founded by Tony and Jo Ann Truchard in 1974. They sold grapes exclusively until 1989 when they began making their own wine. They prefer to think of themselves as a "big vineyard with a small winery"; the reasoning behind this is they carefully … [Read more...]

Tulocay Winery is the oldest continuously operating winery in Coombsville, a part of Napa Valley, located just north east of the actual town of Napa. Coombsville (named after Nathan Coombs, one of the founders of the city of Napa) is the newest one of Napa's 17 sub appellations (approval granted in late 2011) - a region that is characterized by cooler … [Read more...]

Turley Wine Cellars is located just north of St. Helena on Highway 29. This private production facility is not open to the public. Founder of Turley Cellars, Dr. Larry Turley grew up in Tennessee and Georgia; his parents Whitney and Mabel Ann Rose previously lived in Augusta, Georgia until they moved to St. Helena in 1982, eight years after Larry purchased … [Read more...]

Turnbull Wine Cellars is located about half a mile north of the Oakville Crossroad on the east side of Highway 29. The winery owns over 200 acres in the Napa Valley and produces approximately 30,000 cases per year, certainly a lot larger than many of the wineries we have visited on this project, but in world of wine, they are still fairly small. Their name … [Read more...]

T-Vine Winery was founded by winemaker Greg Brown in 1992. In 2009 he sold both the T-Vine Winery label as well as the physical winery to separate owners. The old T-Vine Cellars location off of Old Lawley Toll Road in Calistoga is currently home to Amici Cellars. Rather than use his last name for the name of his winery as a number of proprietors do, Greg … [Read more...]

V Wine Cellar is located in the charming and historical V Marketplace, an upscale shopping center in the heart of Yountville - formerly known as Groezinger Winery. The winery complex was founded in 1870 (among the older wineries in the Napa Valley) and ran until 1955. The location was converted into shops and reopened in 1968 taking the name, Vintage … [Read more...]

Varozza Vineyards is a small production winery located mere minutes from downtown St. Helena. The property is approximately 37 acres planted to a number of varietals which are separated into 17 blocks. All fruit for their wines comes from the vineyard on site. Their vineyard sits at the junction of Napa River and York Creek which gives them rich alluvial … [Read more...]

Venge Vineyards is owned by talented winemaker Kirk Venge. Kirk was born in Rutherford, Napa Valley and like his father, winemaker Nils Venge, graduated from the University of California, Davis - in 1998 with a degree in Viticulture and Enology. In addition to winemaking at Venge Vineyards, Kirk is also a highly sought after consulting winemaker working with … [Read more...]