Why Winter Is the Real Estate Market’s
Best-Kept Secret
As the last grapes are pressed and the valley exhales after another abundant harvest, Napa shifts gears. The roads quiet, the air cools, and a sense of calm settles over the vineyards. Locals linger longer over dinner, fireplaces crackle, and the valley takes on a...
Ghost Wineries of Napa Valley
Before modern architecture, Michelin-starred restaurants, and international acclaim, Napa Valley was home to a gritty, ambitious wine frontier. In the late 19th century, pioneering vintners—many of them European immigrants—carved their dreams into the land. They built...
Chimney Rock at 40
This year marks a milestone for Chimney Rock: the winery’s 40th anniversary. For Winemaker and General Manager Elizabeth Vianna, the occasion is both personal and profound. “I’ve made wine here for 23 of those vintages,” she reflects. “To watch this estate fulfill its...
Is Napa Dead?
The obituary has been written—at least in headlines. Global wine consumption is at a sixty-year low. Vineyard values in once-unshakable regions, including Napa Valley, have slipped from their pandemic peaks. Fires cast smoke across California skies with unnerving...
The Story of Ghost Block Estate Wines
Nearly 125 years ago, Joseph Pelissa arrived in Napa Valley from Italy with little more than determination and a dream. In 1903, he planted his first vineyard—never imagining that his descendants would still be farming the same land more than a century later. Yet...
Dig Truffles? Napa Truffle Festival
Napa Truffle Festival delivers ultra-fresh American Périgord truffles, plus truffle dogs, a truffle film and one big free Marketplace. Get them while you can. Truffles are a seasonal delicacy, and the Périgord black (winter) truffle, the most sought-after black...
Napa Valley Restaurant Month
For some, January is the gloomiest month of the year. Post-holiday blues, winter dragging on, New Year’s resolutions looming—but here in Napa Valley, we’re having none of that. January is the perfect time to experience Napa Valley at its most flavorful. From January 1...
White Rock Vineyards
At the foot of Napa’s Stags Leap Range, White Rock Vineyards endures as one of the valley’s great “ghost wineries”—a historic estate that tells the story of Napa’s winemaking past while thriving in the present. Established in 1870 by Dr. John Pettingill, who...