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Napa Valley | Wineries | Wine
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 Bennett
Lane Winery - Crafting Fine Wine at the Pinnacle
of Napa Valley. Follow Napa Valley's Route 29 north to Calistoga,
and then keep going just 2 1/2 more miles. You'll arrive at
the pinnacle of the Napa Valley - the northernmost wedge where
the Vaca mountain range meets the Mayacamas range. Here you
will also find Bennett Lane Winery, sitting snugly at the
edge of its own well-maintained Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard.
Owners Randy and Lisa Lynch purchased the property only three
years ago. But Bennett Lane is already making a splash in
wine country with its lush textured Cabernet Sauvignon and
a no-nonsense red wine varietal blend called Maximus, composed
of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah.
PUBLIC TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE TOURS 1-877
629-6272 DIRECTIONS
 Spottswoode
Winery - Our annual vertical tastings are something
that all of us at the winery relish every year, as they provide
us with a focused opportunity to re-visit our now two decades
worth of Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon. Fascinating, as we
never know quite what to anticipate from each vintage –
it seems that we have all learned to toss out our expectations,
and tasting the wines blind allows for objectivity and consistently
results in lots of surprises. Whenever these tastings are
mentioned in public situations they tend to elicit dreamy-eyed
reactions and sighs from wine fans, who wish that they might
also have annual opportunities to taste all of our vintages
together. We feel lucky indeed!
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APPOINTMENT TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE TOURS (707)
963-0134 DIRECTIONS
Rubicon
Estate - founded as Inglenook in 1880, the historic
Rubicon Estate has the honor of being one of the few remaining
family-owned wine estates of this magnitude in existence.
Francis and Eleanor Coppola purchased the property in 1975,
and then spent twenty years restoring it to its original dimensions
by acquiring the famed Inglenook Chateau and its adjacent
vineyards. Today, Rubicon Estate offers a truly unique VIP
guest experience and a level of elegance and personal attention
rarely available at other wineries. Rubicon, the flagship
wine of Rubicon Estate, reflects the unique terroir of this
world-renowned property. Using only 100% organically-farmed
grapes sourced directly from Estate vineyards, Rubicon has
become a role model for Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon. Rubicon
is blended primarily from Cabernet Sauvignon, which was first
planted on the Estate between 1882 and 1885 by Inglenook founder
Captain Gustave Niebaum. Recently, laboratory analysis verified
that the vineyard clone is indeed the same genetic material
as the vines Niebaum brought back from France in the 1880s.
Because the Niebaum clone - Clone #29 technically speaking
- has been continuously planted here, it is one of California's
most historic and important clones of Cabernet Sauvignon,
and totally unique to Rubicon Estate.
PUBLIC TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE TOURS 1-800
782-4266 DIRECTIONS
 Schramsberg
- Hugh Davies, President and Winemaker of Schramsberg, is
devoted to carrying on his parent's vision: to create America's
premier sparkling wines. His passion for constant refinement
of vineyard sources and winemaking techniques is captured
in each bottle. Our small winery spares no effort to create
the complex bouquet, refreshing acidity and depth of flavors
found in the finest of sparkling wines. Schramsberg grapes
are sourced from 80 cool-climate vineyards located in four
counties. In a century-old tradition rarely practiced today,
the winemakers use barrel fermentation and barrel aging in
the creation of our sparkling wines. After bottling, the wines
are hand-stacked and hand-riddled in our historic Diamond
Mountain caves. Our releases have been heralded as some of
the best sparkling wines available in the world.
TASTINGS ORDER
ONLINE CAVES (707)
942-4558 DIRECTIONS
 Charles
Krug Winery - The Charles Krug Winery, first
in the Napa Valley and established in 1861, is owned and operated
by the Peter Mondavi Family. Since 1943, three generations
of the Peter Mondavi Family have been pioneers and innovators
in the Napa Valley wine industry. Today the family continues
their stewardship of 850 acres of estate land with organic
and sustainable farming practices and state-of-the art winemaking
techniques. Located one-and-a-half miles north of St. Helena,
the Charles Krug Winery focuses production on lush red Bordeaux
style blends, New Zealand style Sauvignon Blanc and classically
crafted Chardonnay and Pinot Noir and Zinfandel.
PUBLIC TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE TOURS (707)
967-2200 DIRECTIONS
 Girard
Winery -The narrow, winding road up Sage Canyon
leads a traveler to one of Napa Valley's best kept secrets:
Pritchard Hill, where mountain wineries such as Bryant Family,
Colgin and Chappellet have carved a niche into the steep slopes.
It's here that you will also find Girard Winery, founded 32
years ago at the dawn of New Age winemaking in California.
Today, Girard farms 40 acres of vines, 18 of which are located
on Pritchard Hill. The picturesque vineyards surround a newley
renovated winery, where visitors can experience refined flavors
inside the rustic elegance of Girard's mountaintop cellars
and tasting room. On hillsides high above Napa Valley, Cabernet
Sauvignon is king. And Girard winemaker Marco DiGiulio lets
terroir - or the vineyard - determine his choice of varietals.
It's no wonder Girard's Cabernet ripens well on this rugged
terrain, with views that stretch clear across the valley.
BY APPOINTMENT TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE CAVES TOURS (707)
968-9297 DIRECTIONS
 Livingston-Moffett
Wines - Lured by its small town character and
lovely setting, we came to St. Helena in 1976 to raise a family
of six children. Unlike many others who have arrived in the
past 25 years, there was no forethought of our ever joining
in the wine business. Little did we suspect that the decision
to move to the Napa Valley was the first step in doing just
that. And looking back we must have been clueless not to recognize
the seeds of this life change all around us. First, our new
address was in fact Cabernet Lane. Also, unbeknownst to us,
the land we had purchased happened to be located on the Rutherford
Bench – Napa’s prized Cabernet growing district.
The property included five acres planted with old, dry-farmed
Cabernet vines on St. George rootstock that had escaped the
ravages of phylloxera.
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APPOINTMENT TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE CAVES TOURS (707)
963-2120 DIRECTIONS
 Markham
Vineyards - Bruce Markham arrived in the Napa
Valley almost 100 years after Laurent, also looking to start
a winery. Markham bought the Yountville vineyard in 1975,
the Calistoga vineyard in 1976, the old Laurent Winery in
1977 and the Oak Knoll vineyard in 1978. With almost 225 planted
acres and a winery, Bruce Markham founded Markham Vineyards
in 1978 and the old Laurent Winery was reborn. Markham focused
on Cabernet Sauvignon in its early days and introduced the
Markham Merlot with the 1980 vintage. Between 1978 to 1988
the winery's production increased from 3,500 cases to 20,000
The wine quality and praise from wine critics and consumers
increased as well.
PUBLIC TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE TOURS (707)
963-5292 DIRECTIONS
 Rombauer
Vineyards - Come and visit our winery; let our
retail room staff pour you all of your favorite wines. We
are pleased to announce new releases of the 2002 Napa Valley
Cabernet Sauvignon and 2002 Napa Valley Merlot. With Spring
approaching, this is a great time to visit Napa Valley and
Rombauer Vineyards. As always, the Rombauer Vineyards retail
staff is pleased to welcome you, your family and friends to
our tasting room. We offer complimentary tasting daily from
10-5 and tours by appointment. For assistance with wine questions,
orders and shipping please call us at 800-622-2206 Rombauer
Vineyards is located north of St. Helena, 2.5 miles north
of the intersection of Deer Park Road and the Silverado Trail.
PUBLIC TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE CAVES TOURS (707)
963-5170 DIRECTIONS
 Seavey
Vineyard - From its 40 acre hillside vineyard,
surrounded by several hundred acres of wilderness, Seavey
Vineyard handcrafts two styles of Cabernet Sauvignon plus
small lots of Merlot and Chardonnay. Yields are less than
two tons per acre leading to wonderfully rich concentrated
wines, all 100% estate grown, produced and bottled. A visit
to Seavey Vineyard, four miles east of Saint Helena in the
Napa Valley, is not only about tasting award winning wines
produced in the finest classic tradition, but also a rare
opportunity to experience a vineyard and winery whose traditions
mirror images of the original “Napa Valley".
BY APPOINTMENT TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE CAVES TOURS (707)
963-8339 DIRECTIONS
 Wine
Country Concierge - creates customized itineraries
for you which can introduce you to hidden gems that only wine
and food professionals know. Your entire visit will be planned
- as much or as little as you wish - and all your local reservations
will be made for you. Anything which needs reconfirmation
will be handled for you, too. Your only tasks are to arrive
here and enjoy yourselves! The logistics will be handled in
such a way that you can maximize your enjoyment of wine country.
You probably had to go to a lot of trouble to find the time
to get away and you want to have the best possible time when
you get here. Why spend your time trying to research the area
when many of the best places aren't even on the internet or
a map.
A
Wine Valley Experience Limousine Inc. Knowledgeable
of the area – the wineries, restaurants, hotels, spas,
and the hidden out-of-the-way places often overlooked by the
casual tourist – your driver is your chauffeur and tour
guide in one.
San
Francisco Wine Tours offers daily tours from
San Francisco to both Sonoma & Napa Valley. Explore the
redwood sequoias in the morning, and wine country in the afternoon!
All wine tasting fees included, only $65.
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