Join the Vintner's Vanguard for an unforgettable afternoon of wine tasting and celebration at Brasswood Winery Estate. Vintner's Vanguard is an annual Grand Tasting event that gives you the unique opportunity to taste current and newly released wines from the boutique producers of Brasswood Cellars. This event is a true celebration of our community's ... [Read More]

We have reached a point in our project where we are visiting, tasting and writing about between 40 and 50 new Napa Valley based producers each year. We visited, tasted and added exactly 50 new reviews of Napa wineries/brands to the site in 2023. This leaves us less than 25 new reviews of Napa wineries/brands for 2024 to reach another coveted milestone, 1,200 ... [Read More]

Dave’s Wines began as a value-added service to readers of the Napa Wine Project in 2023. Since 2006 Dave has visited, tasted and interviewed more than 1,150 wineries and brands in Napa Valley and created extensive written reviews of each one. He continues to revisit wineries and stay current with the pulse of Napa Valley. He knows the valley extremely well ... [Read More]

Are you a wine enthusiast looking to plan a memorable tour for seniors? Look no further! Wine tours are not only a great way to bond with friends and family, but they also offer the opportunity to explore new vineyards, taste different varieties of wine and create lasting memories. However, planning a wine tour that caters to seniors requires careful ... [Read More]

Greetings from Thailand, home base for the next several months. As we continue to spend countless hours working on the Napa Wine Project, we have found the project has significantly evolved over the years. Initially we tried to visit as many wineries as possible, focusing on quantity of visits rather than quality and as a result all of our early reviews ... [Read More]

Wine represents something much bigger than just fermented grape juice. We know how wine is made today, but imagine figuring that out around 8 000 years ago. It is a very complex process that requires a lot of knowledge in microbiology and chemistry to fully understand. Yet, our ancestors wanted this delicious and fun drink, so they kept on perfecting the ... [Read More]

We recently attended an informative seminar led by sommelier André Mack and 6th generation glass designer Kurt Josef Zalto to present Kurt's own lineup of stemware called Josephinenhütte. Zalto founded this company in early 2019 and chose the name to honor a glassworks company founded in 1842 in central Europe by Count Leopold von Schaffgotsch who named the ... [Read More]

In Valley highlights Other than personally partying in Florida several times including in nightclubs in mid and late 2020, we had difficulty finding gatherings and parties in Napa Valley last year. So it was nice when we received an invite to an early this year party at Boich Estate. A party at Sinegal Estate was also pretty special. And so was the ... [Read More]

This prestigious hunting, fishing and culinary ranch is located in neighboring Sonoma County (easily seen from and bordering the north side of Highway 37). Co-founders, the Sutso family have generationally owned and overseen hunting operations in this part of Sonoma County, initially as Black Point Sports Club dating back to 1964 (which sold in 2013). ... [Read More]

A significant part of an already significant project involves taking numerous trips (both cars and flights) – to any space or place that is very strongly connected to wineries within Napa Valley – within California, domestically or abroad. This obsession has brought us to places we never ever would have considered visiting previously. We began exploring ... [Read More]