PlumpJack Winery

PlumpJack Winery

Oakville, Ca. For us, hearing the word PlumpJack, means only one thing…premium Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, not a character in a Shakespeare play. Founders Gavin and Gordon Getty pay homage to Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Sir John “PlumpJack”...
Pride Mountain Vineyards

Pride Mountain Vineyards

St. Helena, Ca. On the majority of our trips to Napa Valley, we have tended to stay on the “valley floor” of this region and not ventured to far into the mountain wineries. Normally, visiting some of these wineries means allowing quite a bit of time out of...
Silver Oak Cellars

Silver Oak Cellars

Oakville, Ca. Any serious fan of fine Napa Cabernet Sauvignon knows the name Silver Oak. They only make two wines every vintage, a Cabernet Sauvignon from Alexander Valley and one from Napa Valley. If you’ve had them, and chances are you have, you know these...
Corison Winery

Corison Winery

St. Helena, Ca. It was our last day in Napa Valley on our recent trip and we planned to visit one more winery before going home later that night. We didn’t want to have any agenda this day, we just wanted to see what fate would bring us. Corison Winery had been...
Neyers Vineyards

Neyers Vineyards

St. Helena, Ca. Our good friends, Marc and Sarah, were asking us for recommendations for their first time trip Napa Valley. Marc has always had a palate for beer. Over the years though, we have been pushing good wine on him and he has fully caught the wine bug and is...
Robert Mondavi Winery

Robert Mondavi Winery

Oakville, Ca. Robert Mondavi Winery is one of the bigger, more commercial wineries in Napa Valley and draws in many tourists from around the world. The first time we went here, we did not know too much about wine at all. In fact, Mondavi was the first Napa winery we...