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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…
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St. Helena Ehlers Estate was founded by Bernard Ehlers, a Sacramento grocer who moved his family to St. Helena in 1886 and built the structure that houses the current tasting room. The estate consists of 42 acres of which 36 are planted with vines. The winemaker is Madrid-born Laura Diaz Munoz who got her passion…
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Napa Valley Hestan Vineyards is named for Helen and Stanley Cheng who purchased a former cattle ranch in 1996 and immediately prepared the land to plant grapes. They took special care to divide the property into small blocks to take advantage of the sites’ sun exposure and soil drainage capabilities. In keeping with the Chengs’…
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Napa Valley Lindsay Hoopes describes herself as owner/alpha dog at Hoopes Vineyard and tells 672 that she wears many hats in her “small business do everything role.” She runs the business with her father Spencer and describes her husband Mitan as the “taste tester,” but her four kids are the real inspiration to keep the…
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Napa Valley Tamber Bey Vineyards is most definitely a family affair. Founder and proprietor Barry Waitte works as vintner, his wife Jennifer is the director of marketing, and their daughter Kendra fills the roles of the director of hospitality and direct-to-consumer liaison. Barry moved from Silicon Valley to Napa Valley in 1999 and released 150…
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Mt Veeder, Napa Valley Rudd Estate was founded by Leslie Rudd in 1996, but Leslie was already a legend in the world of wine well before the 1990s. He began working at his family’s Standard Beverage Company in 1965, became the president in 1974, and grew the business to eventually become the largest beverage distributor…
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Napa Valley Robin Daniel Lail can trace her Napa Valley history back to 1879 when her great-granduncle Captian Gustav Niebaum founded Inglenook Vineyards. After the Captain’s death Robin’s father John Daniel, Jr. took over stewardship of the estate and although the winery was sold in 1964, John made sure to pass his winemaking knowledge on…
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Oakville, Napa Valley Vintner Tor Kenward was hired by Beringer Vineyards as a winemaker in 1977 and within three years he was promoted to vice president. He remembers early meetings with wine legends Robert Mondavi, Louis Martini, and Andre Tchelistcheff with great fondness, but it was his 1981 trip to France that was the impetus…