Forgotten Union Wines was founded by winemaker and viticulturist Benjamin Leachman with his first commercial bottling in 2015, a Cabernet Sauvignon from the valley floor in the Stags Leap District. To Benjamin, winemaking is a craft not an art, an ethos that embraces science but also all the tools one needs to bring wine to market from the vineyard to the … [Read more...]

Sosabe Cellars. Founder and winemaker, Nuias DePina was born on the island of Fogo in the country of Cape Verde and moved to Lisbon, Portugal in 1974 for 6 months. His grandfather and great uncle Niculau and brother Joseph DePina immigrated to the U.S. in 1933. After Joseph returned to Cape Verde he spoke highly of Napa Valley and encouraged his nephew … [Read more...]

Ehrlich Vineyard. Cliff and Patricia Ehrlich moved to Anaheim, California in the mid 1960s; this is where neighbors introduced them to California wines. Their first trip to Napa Valley was in 1967; their daughter Susan was one year old at that time. She recalls home videos her parents took of her at the newly opened Robert Mondavi Winery. Her father ran … [Read more...]

Wenyon Winery was founded by Arnie and Desiree' Wenyon; Arnie served in the U.S. Navy from 1981 to 1987 where he studied advanced electronics and earned the rank of Electronics Technician First Class (ET1). His first job out of the Navy was in 1988 in the financial industry where he met his wife Desiree'. He eventually became an ATM Division Vice President … [Read more...]

Trifecta Wines. Trifecta was founded by Pablo Nyarady and his wife Lynanne; Pablo's winemaking roots in Hungary date back to 1820. Their small winery is located near Tokaji about two hours outside of Budapest. They produce wines from Tokaji in Tokaji and wines from Napa Valley in Napa Valley with winemakers Bill Ballentine and Sam Baxter overseeing their … [Read more...]

Scarecrow was founded in 2003 (inaugural vintage) by artists Bret Lopez and Mimi DeBlasio. But the story begins with Judge Joseph Cohn, Bret's grandfather. Cohn was born in Harlem in 1895; his family was very poor. Lopez remembers visiting his grandparents at their home for dinner and wondering why his grandfather always had two loaves of bread in the … [Read more...]

Kazumi Wines was founded by Michelle Sakazaki with her first vintage from 2015. The name Kazumi honors her Japanese heritage, with 和(kazu) meaning harmony and 美(mi) referring to beauty. The inception of Kazumi is rooted in friendship, timing and being in the right place at the right time. Michelle is good friends with growers, the Perret family, the founders … [Read more...]

Bella Union Winery. Bella Union's first vintage was in 2012, a Cabernet Sauvignon; the wine was produced for several years at the old Del Bondio Winery on Bella Oaks Lane in Rutherford and also at Nickel and Nickel. Bella Union only produced Cabernet Sauvignon for 10 years. In late 2021 Far Niente Wine Estates (FNWE) purchased Provenance Winery and the … [Read more...]

Joel Gott Wines. Our first introduction to Joel Gott Wines was in the early 2000s when we were running an Internet Service Provider and offered a service back then known as co-location (the precursor of what is now cloud based storage). One of our partners used our facility to host several of his servers, one of which used to host the Gott Wines website and … [Read more...]

Fiadh Ruadh pronounced as, fay-ah roo-ah, is a micro Napa Valley based brand focusing on Cabernet Sauvignon founded by winemaker and MW Nova Cadamatre. 2023 was her 20th harvest; her journey through the world of wine has been one filled with curiosity and a desire to learn. She began her winemaking career in Pennsylvania in 2003. She moved to New York to … [Read more...]