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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...

If you’re planning to visit a Yountville winery, you will have a greater appreciation of the wines you taste once you know a little bit about the historic Yountville AVA. This region is home to some of the best Napa Valley wineries, thanks to a climate that sets it...

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...

The grapevines are awake throughout some of the best Napa Valley wineries, they have emerged from their slumber only to find a lingering winter and cool, rainy weather. I thought we were in California! This is the true beginning of the new vintage. The vines have been...

With a commitment to sustainable farming in our vineyards, we implement some alternative farming practices. Instead of using chemicals to control the cover crop under the vines, we employ these adorable little lawn mowers. Sheep are a common sight in Napa Valley...

The grapevines have been dormant since shortly after harvest, and are enjoying their winter slumber, but they are still soaking up the nourishing (and desperately needed) rains we received throughout the months of January and February. From mid-December until just...