Hertelendy Vineyards

Hertelendy Vineyards

by | Oct 23, 2023 | SIP, SIP Feature

To an outsider, it all seems so easy. Grow some grapes, harvest, crush and ferment them, bottle the juice, and slap on a label. But the truth is, winemaking is not necessarily for the faint of heart, something Ralph Hertelendy knows well. As proprietor of Hertelendy...
Harvest At Grgich

Harvest At Grgich

by | Oct 23, 2023 | SIP, SIP Feature

“At Grgich Hills, we grow grapes like my grandfather did, farming without chemicals and pesticides,” said Ivo Jeramaz, winemaker and VP of Vineyards and Production at the Rutherford-based winery. Jeramaz began his winemaking career in his native Croatia, where he...
40 Years of Terroir

40 Years of Terroir

by | Oct 23, 2023 | SIP, SIP Feature

Canard Vineyard has been making hand-crafted estate wines in Napa Valley since 1984. However, it has remained a bit of a secret as they produce a very limited number of cases each year and, until recently, were not open to the public for tastings. Most of their highly...
Autumn in Napa Valley

Autumn in Napa Valley

by | Oct 15, 2023 | Things to do

Fall in Napa Valley is when all good things converge–gloriously sunny afternoons, evenings crisp and cool under starry skies, and the grapevines having finished their labor for the season, offer up foliage in vivid fall colors. On autumn mornings, the heavy smell of...