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 Herb
Lamb Vineyard - At Herb Lamb Vineyards, we grow
and produce Cabernet Sauvignon. Because our hillside property
faces northeast and the mountain temperatures are milder,
we tend to experience an earlier bud break. While the valley
floor lies in a blanket of fog in the early spring, we catch
the early sun and the brisk winds blowing through our canyon
help to avert any frost. The angle of the last of the summer
sun also allows for a longer growing season - we rarely harvest
before October, giving the grapes a certain mountain-grown
intensity not achieved in vineyards growing on the valley
floor.
PRIVATE
 Heitz
Wine Cellars - When Heitz Cellars opened in 1961,
the Napa Valley had fewer than twenty wineries. Today there
are more than two hundred. The original winery on St. Helena
Highway is still open to the public as a sales and tasting
room for visitors and is a glimpse into the origins of Heitz
Cellars. Within a few years Heitz Cellars had outgrown the
original premises and purchased the present 160 acre residence
and ranch on Taplin Road, a narrow fold in the hills just
east of St. Helena. The home property was originally developed
as a vineyard and winery in the 1880s by the Swiss-Italian
family of Anton Rossi.
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963-3542 DIRECTIONS
 Judd's
Hill Winery - Napa Valley visitors and friends
know the Finkelsteins’ domain to overflow with a hugely
personal mix of interests and talents, from Judd’s ukulele
playing to Holly’s hula dancing to Art’s pottery
and cooking and Bunnie’s love of poetry, tuba-playing
and knitting. This array of art and the arts may be unique
among Napa Valley winemaking families. "The process of
winemaking is extraordinary in my experience," Art says.
"It has to be the most complex and challenging of all
art forms. I am amazed by it."
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 Calistoga
Cellars. - Without friendship, wine is altogether
one-dimensional. Something to wash down a meal. But to those
who love wine and wine-making, friendship is their core inspiration.
From the winery to the tasting room to the dinner party, hospitality,
celebration, dialogue, graciousness, romance and social gathering
all contribute equally to the experience that is wine. Friendship
likely never before has been taken to such lengths in the
wine making business as when the original partners from around
the United States joined forces to create Calistoga Cellars.
Not the typical story of abandoning the rat race to settle
into an earth-bound lifestyle in a leafy little wine country
hamlet, Calistoga Cellars instead is owned primarily by ambitious
professionals who keep their day jobs, but contribute immeasurably
to the winery's success.
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ONLINE (707)
942-7422 DIRECTIONS
 Bell
Wine Cellars
- Situated off the beaten path, just south of Yountville,
is an exquisite pale stone winery, shrouded by oak, bordered
to the south by Hopper Slough, surrounded by vineyard and
cloaked in quiet. After looking for twenty years, winemaker
Anthony Bell and winegrower John Baritelle found the perfect
place to produce the wines they have long dreamed of - limited
production, hand crafted wines that showcase the concept of
"terroir". Bell Wine Cellars has opened its doors
to the public to share the beauty of the place, and the wine.
 Croze
- Gallagher's Vineyard is located in the heart of Napa Valley's
cabernet growing region, in the Oak Knoll Dirstrict. This
tiny 1-1/2 acre vineyard is situated on a west facing slope
of the Silverado Trail. A porous volcanic sub- structure beneath
the topsoil provides superb drainage. Grower, Brian Gallagher,
hand tends his plot and knows each vine intimately. As the
result of his efforts, the grapes are fat, ripe and loaded
with varietal flavors.The combination of vineyard location,
soil and vineyard practices yields fully mature fruit with
true Cabernet Franc varietal characteristics.
 Gemstone
Vineyard - What began many years ago as a casual
interest escalated into a passionate search for a place to
make a very unique wine. When we found our tiny jewel-like
vineyard nestled between rolling knolls in Napa Valley, Gemstone
seemed the perfect name. This rocky slope yields only a minuscule
crop of intensely flavored small berries, but after years
of hard work and worry, when we finally put the first wine
to our lips, you couldn't have chiseled the grins from our
faces! Best of all, we knew it expressed the unique personality
we sought.
 Hopper
Creek Winery - Hopper Creek Vineyard is located
at 6204 Washington Street in Napa, about one mile south of
the center of Yountville and bordering on the Hopper creek,
in the heart of the Napa Valley. Six acres of the property
are planted to Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. There is also
a fully equipped winery, capable of producing about 20,000
gallons of wine per year – about 8000 cases. As the
vineyard only produces about 24 tons of grapes per year -
a yield of just four tons per acre – we purchase grapes
from other super premium vintners in the area in order to
be able to offer a balanced inventory to our customers.
 Jessup
Cellars - We are committed to making the best
ultra premium handcrafted wines using traditional old world
methodologies with some of the most state of the art equipment.
For example, we gravity rack our wines without the use of
pumps and we do not use any filtration in our finished product.
This allows us to move the wine from tank to barrel to bottle
without stripping any of the flavor components. We don't "over
make" the wine. We let each variety and component speak
from land from which it was grown. All of our wines are pesticide
free, dry framed and hand picked and sorted which gives us
lower yields, higher quality grapes, with intense flavors.
 Morningside
Vineyard is carefully managed to produce high
quality grapes required to produce a premium wine. The low,
2.3-ton per acre yield is achieved by careful pruning coupled
with the natural tendancy of a rocky hillside vineyard to
produce low yields. The vineyard is carefully monitored to
insure that each hand-harvested cluster is at optimum maturity.
Morningside Vineyard fruit has a characteristic cherry-plum
aroma, typical of the great Cabernet growing region of Napa
Valley.
 Dominus
Estate - Our philosophy is very traditional—that
is, in order to produce great wine we need the best possible
grapes. Therefore, we concentrate our efforts in the vineyard.
The vines are meticulously manicured—we believe in crop-thinning,
"nettoyage," washing the grapes, and other labor-intensive
activities. During each visit to California, Christian Moueix
spends most of his time in the vineyard, not only because
he loves it, but also to better understand the natural expression
of the vintage.
 Havens
Wine Cellars, located in Napa Valley, California,
produces fine Merlot, Syrah, and Cabernet Franc selected
by top restaurants, wine shops, and specialized retailers
around the world. Distinguished by wines with the complexity
and refined elegance of their classic European counterparts,
Havens Wine Cellars is renowned for its visionary selection
of fruit from the cool Carneros region of California and
the artisanal direction of an owner-winegrower, Michael
Havens. Carrying on the tradition of wines integral to a
gracious table, Havens offer their wines at the most reasonable
prices in their categories.
 Robert
Sinskey Vineyards
- The vineyards are the soul of the winery. They define
the style of the wine. All grapes used to make RSV wines
are from vines planted by RSV. "It is only by knowing
your vineyards that you can excel in the craft of making
elegant wines," says RSV winemaker Jeff Virnig. "My
job is to interpret the inherent characteristics of each
individual vineyard and allow them to express their uniqueness
instead of imposing a style on them. It is very much an
Old World approach that the French would describe as being
true to terroir."
 Dutch
Henry Winery - Established in 1992, Dutch Henry
Winery is a small family-owned and operated winery in Napa
Valley. The Chafen family takes great pride in caring for
and nurturing all aspects of the winery and vineyards. Less
and Maggie Chafen have grown grapes in Napa Valley for nearly
20 years. Their son, Scott Chafen oversees the daily operations
of Dutch Henry Winery
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ONLINE (707)
942-5771 DIRECTIONS
 Diamond
Terrace - In 1998 we realized our dream of
owning a high quality vineyard by purchasing a 16-acre parcel
on Diamond Mountain near the town of Calistoga. We moved
our family of six onto the property and determined that
Diamond Terrace was the perfect name for our new home.
TASTINGS (707)
942-6926 DIRECTIONS
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