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 Amici
Cellars - Amici was born out of a belief that
good wine and good friends make natural partners. In 1991,
Jeff Hansen and a group of friends from all over the country
crushed a few tons of grapes in the Napa Valley for their
personal cellars. The resulting wines received such outstanding
accolades that Hansen and the group started producing wine
the very next year to share with the public. In the 14 vintages
since the inception of Amici Cellars, our wines have gained
stature as some of the finest reds in America. Because our
concern is quality, not quantity, our wines are hand crafted
and highly allocated.
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ONLINE (707) 967-9560
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 Anderson's
Conn Valley Vineyards
- Anderson's Conn Valley Vineyards are located just east
of St. Helena in the Napa Valley where Conn Creek flows
out of Howell Mountain. Twenty-six acres of vineyards, divided
into nine blocks, along with a fifteen acre-foot resevour
are the heart of this 40-acre grape-growing paradise. Separated
from the Napa Valley floor by a north/south running ridge,
the world-renowned wineries of Joseph Heitz and Joseph Phelps
are located on the west side of this ridge and the Anderson's
Estate Vineyards are on the east side at a perfect elevation
of 400 feet.
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963-8600 DIRECTIONS
 Anomaly
Vineyards - Anomaly Vineyards is located at
the base of the western hills of California's Napa Valley
in the town of St. Helena. Anomaly specializes in the production
of the highest-quality Cabernet Sauvignon. The first vintage
of Anomaly, harvested in 1997, is currently available only
for charity auctions. Buoyed by the success of the 1997
vintage, we embarked on the journey of obtaining a permit
to produce estate cabernet by building a small winery adjacent
to the vineyard. In the fall of 2000, a hard-fought battle
was won and a permit secured to build a stone winery and
2000 square foot underground cave on the premises. Construction
commenced in Spring 2001 and was completed in time for Harvest
2002.
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 Grace
Family Vineyards - After nearly a decade of
growing grapes, Dick and Ann brought their friend, renowned
winery architect John Lail, in to design a uniquely charming
and evocative building for making wine. The hand carved
wooden entrance leads to a small, sculptured stone and wood
sanctuary that evokes the kind of serenity and beauty found
more commonly in the Buddhist temples of Nepal than in the
wineries of California. This winery temple is a testament
to a philosophy of living that transcends fine wine as a
beverage, making it also a catalyst for change.
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 Long
Vineyards - During the 1880s, Italian American
homesteaders planted the first vines on the 120-acre Long
Vineyards parcel. Prior to Prohibition, 20 acres of Zinfandel
provided grapes for St. Helena wineries and, apparently,
during Prohibition for black-market brandy. When Chris and
Bob Long, Sr. purchased the property in 1966, we found parts
of old stills buried in debris piles along with hundreds
of bottles and jugs, and old timers in St. Helena recalled
for us stories of the streams of buyers from San Francisco
and Oakland who came looking for brandy and wine made in
these hillsides.
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(707) 963-2496 DIRECTIONS
 Benessere
Vineyards - In 1994, John and Ellen Benish
purchased a 42 acre parcel of land in the Napa Valley which
included an old winery and vineyard with the idea of making
a little bit of wine and establishing a legacy for their
children and grandchildren. That old dilapidated winery,
phylloxerated vineyard and farmhouse have been replaced
by a modern working winery, Sangiovese vineyard and comfortable
home. The Benish' passion for winemaking and grape growing
stemmed from a family vacation to Europe in the 1980's.
There, in the countryside they saw the tradition of winemaking
and grape growing which allowed ties from generation to
generation to perpetuate an element of quality and tradition.
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963-5853 DIRECTIONS
 Cain
Vineyard & Winery - is dedicated to our
signature Cabernet blend, Cain Five. Composed of the five
classic varieties of the Cabernet/Bordeaux family, Cain
Five epitomizes the benefits of blending to achieve a complex
wine, supple and rich of texture, combining a full, firm
structure with a long and subtle finish. In 1980, Joyce
and Jerry Cain purchased part of the McCormick Ranch, a
homestead dating back to the 1840s. The Cains were in search
of a unique mountain property where they could realize their
dream of planting the five classical Bordeaux varieties
from which to draw one ideally structured wine—a blend
of all five varieties.
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963-1616 DIRECTIONS
 Charter
Oak Winery - Charter Oak Winery is a small
boutique producer of one of the most exceptional world-class
Zinfandels. Charter Oak wine is unfined and unfiltered.
The grapes are fermented on natural yeast. I use tools crafted
by my grandfather (Nonno in Italian) to punch down the cap
three times a day. I work the must into a foaming lather.
No one makes wine quite this way. We believe the secret
to our success is the natural fermentation and the punch
down of the cap with hand-made wooden tools, which is done
religiously over and over. There is nothing quite as beautiful
than to see the sun shining down on the purple grape juice
as it bubbles to the top. I live for this and it nourishes
my soul.
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963-2298 DIRECTIONS
 Chateau
Boswell - At Chateau Boswell we strive to be
responsible to our community's ongoing dependence upon a
strong environmental structure by being not only a sustainable
agricultural property, but also a totally organic one. Our
vineyards and landscaping are all maintained by hand labor,
ours and our employees, and with this closeness to our land
and fruit we have developed a very sensitive and attention
to detail approach to the production of our hand crafted
wines. The original Chateau Boswell vineyard was planted
with one of the earliest French Cabernet Sauvignon clones
brought to America.
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963-5472 DIRECTIONS
 Clark-Claudon
Vineyards - At Clark~Claudon Vineyards, Estate
Grown Cabernet Sauvignon is artistically crafted by the
vineyards, the seasons and a labor of love. Family owned
and operated, we strive to produce a limited amount of exceptional
wine. We believe that our estate wine is largely produced
in the vineyard where all that contributes to beautiful
Cabernet Sauvignon fruit takes place. Thus, the terroir,
viticultural practices and growing season define our wine
such that each vintage is in fact that season in a bottle.
Clark~Claudon Cabernet Sauvignon is produced from 100% Estate
Grown Cabernet Sauvignon fruit.
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 Chappellet
Vineyard - Chappellet’s dramatic Pritchard
Hill estate vineyards, rise from 800 to 1,800 feet above
sea level. Known as “Napa’s Grand Cru,”
Pritchard Hill has established itself as one of the world’s
great Cabernet growing regions. With its steep slopes, rocky
volcanic soil, ideal sun exposure and cooling evening breezes,
Pritchard Hill is the perfect place to grow Bordeaux varietal
grapes. Over thirty years of farming the slopes of Pritchard
Hill has enabled Chappellet to learn the growing conditions
and challenges presented by each vineyard block and how
to use the distinct characteristics of their mountain fruit
to produce truly extraordinary wine.
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494-6379 DIRECTIONS
 Corison
Wines - Cathy Corison produces two limited-production
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons, hand-crafted without compromise
from some of the finest vineyards in the Napa Valley. The
fruit for the Corison Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the
western benchland near Rutherford, where deep, stony alluvial
soils promote ideal growing conditions for the Cabernet
vine. Formerly noted as one of the great "virtual"
Napa Valley wineries, Corison has now built a new barn/winery
on route 29 between Rutherford and St. Helena. The winery
is situated amidst the vines of Kronos Vineyard, which is
the source of Corison's distinctive Kronos Vineyard Cabernet
Sauvignon.
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963-0826 DIRECTIONS
 Franciscan
Oakville Estate - Franciscan Oakville Estate
has been making award-winning wines in Napa Valley for over
25 years. Beginning with 240-acres in the heart of Napa
Valley's Oakville growing district, Vintner Agustin Huneeus
earned a reputation as one of Napa's great innovators with
Cuvée Sauvage, Napa Valley's first wild-yeast fermented
Chardonnay, and Magnificat, one of Napa Valley's first Bordeaux-style
proprietary blends. Agustin Huneeus' passionate belief that
great wines are an expression of great vineyards has been
the driving force behind the classic Napa Valley wines we
produce.
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529-WINE DIRECTIONS
 Frias
Family Vineyard - Our wine is about differences
and a slice of life. We offer a 100% single vineyard Napa
Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and a microclimate taste of the
Spring Mountain Appellation. Frias Family Vineyards was
founded with our first official vintage in 1991. We purchased
100 acres in 1977 and planted only 5 acres in 1985. We focus
only on producing the finest Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon.
Our operation is small and family owned. My wife and grown
children help carry out this labor of love by participating
in nurturing the vines, blending, bottling and of course
quality control!
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