Spring Mt. CA - Napa Valley Wine Appellation

Fantesca Estate Vineyard

Your guide to the best of Spring Mountain

In the late 1800s, San Francisco banker and financier Tiburcio Parrott established Miravelle. In 1893, some old vineyardists asked him what he expected to do among the hills and rocks. They laughed when Parrott told them that he expected to raise grapes and produce wine that was unsurpassed in the world. The very next year Parrott’s wines took first place at the San Francisco Midwinter Fair and the following year he won a gold medal at the World’s Fair. This is the sort of history that defines Spring Mountain as a great area to grow wine. As a testament to this, Spring Mountain was one of the first appellations of Napa Valley to be granted AVA status.


Wine decanter is a 'Touch' of color and style - "The Touch" decanter is slightly flattened to reveal more of the wine's surface as it is poured. For the second year in row, Newton Vineyard has sponsored an artist to create a wine-related item that reflects the winery's eco-chic sensibility. Last year, British artist Claire Danthois created a limited edition of five wine-tasting installations of reclaimed oak. One is on display in the St. Helena tasting room on Spring Mountain. This year the vineyard, known for its unfiltered wines, wanted the collaboration to result in something a bit more portable. The artist selected turned out to be John Pomp, a Philadelphia glassblower whose work is sold at stores like Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus. He decided a decanter would complement the commission. "I could have done anything wine-related but if you're doing wine and you're doing glass, I thought, 'You've got to do a decanter,' " he says. The vineyard brought him to Napa for a week. "It was nice to learn about the wine. I could understand the essence and spirit of how they make their wine," he says. Newton's philosophy - the winemaker guides nature to do its best work - meshed with his own. "We're a great . . . more from SFGate.com

Wine decanter is a 'Touch' of color and style - "The Touch" decanter is slightly flattened to reveal more of the wine's surface as it is poured. For the second year in row, Newton Vineyard has sponsored an artist to create a wine-related item that reflects the winery's eco-chic sensibility. Last year, British artist Claire Danthois created a limited edition of five wine-tasting installations of reclaimed oak. One is on display in the St. Helena tasting room on Spring Mountain. This year the vineyard, known for its unfiltered wines, wanted the collaboration to result in something a bit more portable. The artist selected turned out to be John Pomp, a Philadelphia glassblower whose work is sold at stores like Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus. He decided a decanter would complement the commission.

"I could have done anything wine-related but if you're doing wine and you're doing glass, I thought, 'You've got to do a decanter,' " he says. The vineyard brought him to Napa for a week. "It was nice to learn about the wine. I could understand the essence and spirit of how they make their wine," he says. Newton's philosophy - the winemaker guides nature to do its best work - meshed with his own. "We're a great . . . more from SFGate.com