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 Buoncristiani
Family Winery - We, the Buoncristiani brothers,
take pride in performing all aspects of enology, viticulture,
wine production, and art design in order to share with you
a true expression of our wine making passion. Our motto is
quality not quantity and we craft our wines without compromise.
Handcrafting these limited production wines allows for the
utmost attention to detail of every gallon in each barrel.
We are very pleased to share with you Buoncristiani wine.
We are excited to be a part of a new cave winery in the southeastern
hills of the Napa Valley. Come meet the brothers! We are offering
limited private tours and tastings strictly by appointment
only. Please call us at 707-259-1681.
BY APPOINTMENT TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE CAVES
(707) 259-1681 DIRECTIONS
 Darioush
Napa Valley invites you to join us for a private
tasting of several of the world’s finest small-production
artisan cheeses paired with a selection of Darioush’s
meticulously-crafted estate-based wines. Fine Wines, Artisan
Cheeses is a truly unique, ninety-minute tour and tasting
experience offered daily in the winery’s luxurious Barrel
Chai. This is your chance to savor hard-to-find cheeses crafted
by small family farms in California, Vermont and beyond, served
with Darioush limited release, special release and library
wines you won’t have the opportunity to taste anywhere
else. Advance reservations are essential for this one-of-a-kind
culinary experience. Fine Wines, Artisan Cheeses is offered
daily at 2:00 PM at Darioush. Tariff of $50. per person. Please
contact the Darioush Concierge at 707.257.2345, Ext. 130.
PUBLIC TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE TOURS
(707) 257-2345
DIRECTIONS
 Del
Dotto - The Del Dotto’s cave was one of
the first wineries in Napa Valley, hand dug in 1885. They
began aging their red wines in the caves after restoring it
in 1997. It became evident that “Cave Aged Wines”
were more voluptuous and opulent than wines aged in modern
facilities. Come and experience wines thieved right out of
the barrels! Taste the difference between barrels made from
the great forests of the world, up to 45 different flavors
of highly rated wines. Voted #1 wine tasting by world wine
critics! The Caves are candle-lit Friday through Sunday and
Italian opera plays until 4pm. After 4pm the Doors and Santana!
Cave Experience and Barrel Tasting includes barrel tasting
in the cave out of several types of different oak barrels.
Following the barrel tasting you will sample select bottled
wines along with handmade chocolate truffles and cheese. Finishing
off with a sampling of our ports.
BY APPOINTMENT TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE CAVES TOURS (707)
253-2476 DIRECTIONS
 Elyse
Wine Cellars - What will you find in a bottle
of Elyse or Jacob Franklin wine? I make wines that I want
to sit down and enjoy – juicy, rich, voluptuous wines.
I like a little oak, but I don’t want it to be overpowering
– I want to taste the fruit. I love wines that pair
well with food. A meal without wine is eating; a meal with
wine is dining – it’s a conversation, an event.
It’s what wine is about. When I make a wine, my tastes
and techniques will influence the process, but what’s
most important is the fruit. The fruit dictates what the wine
will be. We’re fortunate to work with an amazing group
of growers and vineyards, whose fruit keeps taking us to wonderful
places. We started out making Zinfandel, then expanded into
Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah. No doubt those will continue
to be the focus of our winemaking, but now we’ve made
a tiny quantity of Chardonnay, and soon we’ll be releasing
our first Pinot Noir. What wines we make after that will depend
on the fruit that’s available, because I just can’t
say no to wonderful fruit.
BY APPOINTMENT TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE (707) 963-5496 DIRECTIONS
 Jarvis
Winery - The Jarvis winemaking facility is
totally contained within 45,000 square feet of cave tunneled
into the scenic Vacas Mountains four miles east of the town
of Napa. It is not only a visual masterpiece, but a technical
masterpiece as well. The underlying principle behind the
Jarvis cave construction is that a parabolic shaped tunnel
is inherently stable, so the cave tunnels and chambers are
in the shape of a true parabola. Throughout the cave’s
design and fixtures you will find many arches, subtly echoing
its parabolic structure. With the help of Jim Gangwer and
other artisans, the cast bronze doors, brass wall sconces,
arched alcoves, and fiber optic chandeliers add to the mystique
and beauty of the cave. William Jarvis has designed and
created a unique cave winery which functions to produce
ultra-premium wine, but which in form alone creates an incredibly
beautiful atmosphere in which to enjoy the very wine it
produces.
BY APPOINTMENT TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE TOURS CAVES (707)
255-5280 DIRECTIONS
 Madonna
Estate wines have been handcrafted by the Bartolucci
family, Napa Valley winegrowers and winemakers for more
than eighty years. They are created from 100 percent organically
grown grapes, which are dry farmed on the Estate Vineyard.
Located in the world renowned Carneros Region, the Bartolucci's
take great pride in the wines they craft. Through great
skill, elegance and care, Madonna Estate wines are styled
to capture the best of the vintage, the vineyard, and the
variety. In addition to organic farming, Andrea believes
dry farming is the best method to ensure maximum quality
and grape flavor. Using the dry farming method the newly
planted vines are irrigated only until they create an extensive
root system. After the roots become established, all irrigation
lines are removed and the vines are left to fend for themselves.
PUBLIC TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE (707) 255-8864 DIRECTIONS
 Quixote
Winery - We've spent decades working against
the conventional wisdom of the Napa Valley. When Cabernet
Sauvignon dominated the California wine industry, we passionately
supported Petite Syrah. We still do. But a little cabernet
is nice, too. We want to make good wine, not a good name.
If our wine doesn't speak for itself, no signature will
make it any better. Ours is a family-owned winery. As you
can see, given the number of owners and the size of our
production, we have a strictly enforced allocation system
to ensure that customers can have a few bottles of Panza
and Quixote to enjoy. Unlike many winemakers, Monticelli
doesn't have concerns about leaving a “wine widow”
at home. His wife Anna, whom he met at Davis , is the winemaker
for Bryant Family Winery. “Wine governs our lives,”
says Mario.
BY APPOINTMENT TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE (707) 944-2659 DIRECTIONS
 St.
Barthelemy Cellars - While we cultivate our
own vineyards dedicated to growing grapes for our ports,
we have forged relationships with vineyard owners and growers
in order to harvest the best quality grapes at the ripeness
levels we seek. The hand-harvested grapes arrive at the
winery picked much later than grapes used for a still wine.
The longer “hang time” of up to one additional
month on the vine allows the grapes to develop higher levels
of ripeness and more intense flavors. At the winery, the
juice is tasted daily during fermentation in order to determine
the optimum time to fortify with brandy. Combined with testing
the wine’s natural sugar content, we use taste as
the main factor when deciding to stop the fermentation process.
We then add aged brandy from RMS Caneros Alambic Distillery
to raise the alcohol level and halt the natural fermentation
of the wine. The wine, now a port, is then put into oak
barrels to age for 18 months.
PUBLIC TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE (707) 966-1513
DIRECTIONS
 Signorello
Vineyards - Signorello vineyards makes limited
quantities of premium varietals that blend classic French
wine making characteristics with California fruit. Our style
of winemaking is directly tied to our vineyards. We strive
for lush, concentrated fruit flavors, and good acid balance
in all of our wines. The goal is to have wines with early
accessibility, as well as the potential to develop additional
complexity as they mature. Signorello Vineyards began to
develop a style of winemaking based on the idea of "winegrowing"
described by a French word "Vigneron". It means
that everything done in the vineyards is intimately connected
to the winemaking. His technique or style is used in the
Burgundy region of France. Ray Signorello's preferences
and tastes are decidedly Burgundian; striving for lush fruit
to produce rich Chardonnays, like those of Domaine Coche-Dury
and Domaine Leflaive. The winery focuses on elegance, balance
and depth thus producing the magnificent Pinot Noirs like
those from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and Domaine Leroy.
BY APPOINTMENT TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE TOURS (707)
255-5990 DIRECTIONS
 Van
Der Heyden Vineyards - is a family owned winery
nestled in the beautiful, world famous Napa Valley wine
growing region. We are located on the charming and prestigious
Silverado Trail just south of the Stags Leap District. We
bottled our first wine in 1984 and a couple years later
we opened our tasting room up for the public. Wine enthusiasts
will truly appreciate us since we specialize in Estate Bottled
Chardonnay Wines, Cabernet Sauvignon and Late Harvest Desert
Wines. The Van Der Heyden name and subsequent reputation
has become world renowned because we are the only winery
in the world that produces a Late Harvest Cabernet Sauvignon.
Casual wine lovers and tourists visiting the Wine Country
will be delighted to find a personal, quaint wine tasting
experience. You might just become one of our hard-core wine
lovers after sampling our wines! We look forward to sharing
our family history and passion of wine-making with you!
BY APPOINTMENT TASTINGS
ORDER ONLINE TOURS (707)
257-0130 DIRECTIONS
 Graeser
Winery Graeser Winery Estate on Diamond Mountain
is an oasis of old Napa Valley charm. The picturesque hillside
vineyards are planted to the classic Bordeaux varieties
Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Our wines
are a true reflection of this very special place with a
relaxed, classic beauty that is timeless.
TASTINGS ORDER
ONLINE (707)
942-4437 DIRECTIONS
 Cuvaison
Winery is situated on the historic Silverado
Trail in northern Napa Valley. In 1969 Thomas Cotrell and
Thomas Parkhill, both Silicon Valley engineers, founded
Cuvaison with a 27-acre vineyard at the winery’s present
location. New York publisher Oakleigh Thorne purchased the
winery in 1974 and then appointed the Swiss-born Philip
Togni as Winemaker. In 1979, the Schmidheiny family of Switzerland
purchased Cuvaison as well as 400 acres of prime vineyard
land in the Carneros region in southern Napa Valley. The
fall of 1998 marked the purchase of the historic 170-acre
Brandlin Ranch on Mt. Veeder.
TASTINGS ORDER
ONLINE (707)
942-6266 DIRECTIONS
 Clos
Pegase - Can a winery elevate the craft of
winemaking to a fine art? Of course it can. Can a winery
dedicate itself as a temple to works of fine art? Why not?
But can a winery that does one also achieve the other? Good
question. Now, if you were to put that question to Bacchus,
god of wine, mischief-maker and generally acknowledged originator
of the practice of horsing around, we know just where he'd
send you: straight to the horse's mouth. And not just any
horse. He'd send you to Pegasus, the winged horse of ancient
myth whose hooves brushed against the earth, unleashing
the sacred spring of the muses. Lucky earth. That spring
gave life to grapevines, and the wine that flowed from them
inspired poetry and art in all who drank it.
TASTINGS ORDER
ONLINE (707)
942-4981 DIRECTIONS
 Vincent
Arroyo Winery produces over 6,000 cases from
estate vineyards. Every year we make Chardonnay, Cabernet,
Petite Sirah, Merlot, Sangiovese and a couple red blends
– in fact, our dog even makes a wine! We consider
Petite Sirah to be our signature wine, and develop those
vineyards into several different bottlings – a “Napa
Valley” Petite Sirah which is a blend our many Petite
Sirah vineyards; 2 vineyard designated Petite Sirahs, Greenwood
Ranch and Rattlesnake Acres; a Winemaker’s Reserve
Petite Sirah which is barrel-aged for 34 months; and a Petite
Sirah Port. Most of these wines are sold on a waiting-list
basis.
TASTINGS (707)
942-9231 DIRECTIONS
 Chateau
Montelena - We defined the Chateau Montelena
style in 1972 – fruit, first and foremost, balanced
by an underlying structure of natural acidity for an elegant
and balanced wine that provides both drinkability and ageability.
Winemaking at Chateau Montelena is regarded as a continuous
process that begins in the vineyard, which is why we use
the term “winegrowing”. Exceptional wine can
only be made with exceptional grapes.
TASTINGS ORDER
ONLINE (707)
942-5105 DIRECTIONS
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