Learning to taste wine is like building a reference book. With practice, you can learn how to smell, see, or taste the differences between the best Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and a classic French Bordeaux. The best news is that practice requires tasting! Be sure...
Planning a day trip to Napa Valley? If you’re like us, you want to taste the wines and see the beauty. Here is our perfect day in Napa Valley, one that allows you to drink in the beauty and then drink in the wine. Begin your day with something you would never do at...
Napa Valley has famously become a happy home of Cabernet Sauvignon, arguably wine’s most fascinating grape. The best Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a big, classic expression of distinctive terroir and abundant sunshine. Yet, these wines also do an impressive job of...
For over three decades, our vision has remained that we specialize in the best single-vineyard sites throughout Napa. We source from legendary sites that each have their own story to tell—from Oakville to Howell Mountain, Sonoma, Calistoga, Rutherford, and St. Helena....
After a long drought followed by record rainfall the Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon vines are as unruly as a 5 – Year old on a sugar binge. They are just blasting out a huge growth cycle. Now that bud break is mostly complete and the growing season has begun in earnest,...
Spring has sprung and warmth has returned to the Napa Valley. Thank goodness. It was mighty chilly for awhile at our Yountville winery. We are a bit spoiled and not used to that. Nice to see the sun and feel its heat. The tender buds are safe for now. Frost season...
