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Napa Valley Currently making amazing wines like the 2022 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon that was recently sent to Club 672 members, the team at Grassi Wine Company remains proud of its very humble beginnings. Founder Mark Grassi was a college biology major in the late 1970s and early 1980s but had to drop out because he…
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Napa Valley Canada native Cliff Lede fell in love with Napa Valley and its potential for world-class Cabernet Sauvignon after visiting in the 1990s. After searching for years, he discovered an opportunity to acquire vineyards and a small existing winery in the acclaimed Stags Leap District. He founded Cliff Lede Vineyards there in 2002 with…
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Napa Valley Grant Long Jr. made his first barrel of wine in his parent’s garage at the age of 18 and was very happy when friends and neighbors came back for more. His career in the world of wine began while he was in his 20s and worked at respected California wineries. Years later, in…
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Napa Valley Steve and Suzie Reynolds purchased what was then a run-down chicken farm just south of the Stags Leap District along Silverado Trail in 1995. At that time, Steve admits there wasn’t much to it — just a boarded-up farmhouse, a spring-fed pond, and a few goats and chickens wandering the property. His son…
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Yountville Balthasar and Elizabeth Darms settled on the 120-acre property that would later become the Shifflett Ranch and Vineyard in 1883 and at that time the local newspaper reported that 36 acres of land had already been planted with two-year old-vines. The Darms family sold to Wade and Mary Elizabeth Shifflett in 1942 and since…
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Napa Valley Roberto Arador was born and raised in Michoacán, Mexico, and moved to Napa Valley at the age of seventeen. His journey in the wine business started in 1999 with work in the vineyards. After several seasons, he “became captivated by the entirety of the craft—the progression from vineyard beginnings to the subsequent winemaking…
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Napa Valley Covert Estate is owned by French born winemaker Julian Fayard, library wine collectors and vintners Cal and Pam Nicolson, and California wine collectors and horse enthusiasts Dave and Laura Nestor. They came together with the single purpose of producing fine wines crafted in Napa Valley. Their estate is located in the Coombsville AVA…
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Howell Mountain, Napa Valley Pestoni Family Estate Winery is a family-owned and family-run winery that was founded in 1892 when Albino Pestoni, originally from Monte Carasso, Switzerland built a winery and established a 20-acre vineyard in St. Helena. The winery was closed in 1919 due to prohibition, but Albino moved to Rutherford and began making…
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Napa Valley Chris Hamilton Cellars was founded in 2021 when Chris and Heidi Hamilton partnered with Eddie Gilbert who has been well established in Napa Valley since 2010. Eddie originally worked as a chef and then held executive level positions at Bounty Hunter Rare Wine & Spirits and North Berkeley Imports. He is now the…
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Diamond Mountain District Robert Craig Winery owns 125 acres on Howell Mountain with 34 acres planted to vines and 22 acres on Mount Veeder with just 7 under vine. Vineyard neighbors include the Vineyardist, Checkerboard, and Reverie. The vineyard where grapes were sourced for the wine recently sent to 672 club members is named the…