Here is an interesting winery in more ways than one. It’s hidden, historic, family-owned, and along with barrels of aging wine, there are barrels of aging balsamic vinegar. Terraces is located on the Silverado Trail but tucked away from view. To find the winery, visitors need to know the address on Silverado to find the … Read more
V Sattui Winery
Nichelini Winery is one of three wineries that make up a wine trail in the Chiles Valley Appellation called the Napa Valley Backroads Winery Experience. We recently reviewed the other two wineries, Catacula Lake Winery and Rustridge Winery on this blog. Nichelini Winery is on Highway 128 just about the summit of this the mountain … Read more
Rustridge Winery is located in Chiles Valley Appellation in the Vaca Mountains above the Napa Valley. The area is rather isolated and visitors to this wine country will seldom find anything resembling a crowd. The beautiful area is scenic and quiet. In addition to the winery, the Rustridge property houses a four-room B&B. This makes … Read more
While having a cup of coffee at the Napa Valley Roasting Company, an article in the St. Helena Star caught our eye. It was about two brothers who grew up in the Valley, started a career elsewhere, and returned to make wine and start a family winery. We called Kelham Vineyards and scheduled a fancy … Read more
We tasted some Saddleback Cellars wines at the recent Family Winemakers event in San Francisco. We thought all the Saddleback wines were very good so we decided to visit this small winery in the Napa Valley. The winery is open by appointment only so we scheduled an appointment via email for noon during the mid-week. … Read more
Last Friday, we booked a vineyard and winery tour with George Hendry, owner and winemaker at Hendry Wines. Anyone can arrange one of these tours as George really enjoys leading these for parties of six or less. There is no fee for the tour or the extensive tasting that follows. Total tour time is about … Read more
This is a funky little winery on the Silverado Trail not too far from the town of Calistoga. They only make 1500 cases of wine per year, and many of these wines are unusual varietals that you don’t normally see. The tasting room is a kick, mostly cluttered with memorabilia. Years ago Elvis Presley shot … Read more
The Flora Springs tasting room is right next door to the gourmet, high-end Dean & Deluca food shop, just before entering the city of St. Helena. The Flora Springs winery facility is in a different location, on Zinfandel Lane. The tasting room is a rather recent addition and has increased the presence of this fine … Read more
This renowned winery was most recently known as Niebaum Coppola. In early 2006 the name was changed to Rubicon Estates. Rubicon denotes the series of “reserve�? premium wines produced by owner Francis Ford Coppola. The name change also brings about a focus on a different clientele. It’s $25 a guest just to enter Rubicon and … Read more