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Many reasons to visit the William Harrison Winery

August 6, 2012 by joe

This great little family-run winery is often missed by the wine country tourists as they travel along the Silverado Trail. We hope you don’t pass it by, because there are a lot of reasons to like this wonderful winery. Owner William Harrison purchased his estate in the Rutherford AVA in the late 1970’s and sold his grapes until he decided it was high time to make his own wine. Today the winery is in its 19th vintage year.

Winemaker at William Harrison is Jim McMahon

Winemaker Jim McMahon

We visited William Harrison a couple of week ago and, as often happens with small family-run wineries, the owner or winemaker will take a stint in the tasting room. On our visit, we had the good fortune to have winemaker Jim McMahon hosting the tasting room for the day. Jim came from Luna Vineyards and became head winemaker at William Harrison in 2009.

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Filed Under: Tasting Rooms Tagged With: Napa Valley Wineries, Silverado Trail winery, William Harrison winery, Winemaker Jim McMahon

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