When Bill and Kathy Collins purchased 54 acres of Zinfandel vines in northern Napa Valley in 1968, there was not much of a market for fine wine in the U.S. But at the time they were content hauling the grapes down to their Los Altos Hills home and making wine in a friend’s basement. Little did they know that in less than a decade they’d make a wine that Robert Parker would call “one of the great classics of the seventies, as well as a testament to what heights California Cabernet Sauvignon can achieve."

Features:
Gardens
Education

Varietals as 2010:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Franc
Sauvignon Blanc
Bordeaux Blend

Appellations:
Mt. Veeder
Calistoga
Yountville
St. Helena
Rutherford
Los Carneros
Atlas Peak
Oakville
Stags Leap
Spring Mt.
Howell Mt.
Chiles Valley