Wine Spies

Wine Spies

Small Producers Find A Lifeline During The Pandemic In Flash Site Sale Spring was on  the  horizon,  and  the tasting rooms were buckling down for a huge influx of summer traffic. Then the pandemic hit. Napa relies on nearly 4 million visitors...
Benton Family Wine

Benton Family Wine

If all goes well,  Benton Family Wine will be hosting the annual West Coast Songwriter’s Competition again  soon. The monthly open mike contest hosted by and held at the Benton Family Wine winery has been on hold for most of the year due to the events of...
RD Winery

RD Winery

Cultivating Diversity by Bringing People Together Through Food and Wine With an altruistic spirit and a commitment to cultivating a  diverse community, RD Winery brings the Vietnamese culture to the Napa Valley, unifying old world tradition with new world...
Luna Vineyards

Luna Vineyards

Luna Vineyards’ gateway location along Napa Valley’s Silverado Trail is more than fitting. As the first winery encountered upon northern entry to the famed thoroughfare, Luna is a perfect first stop for visitors seeking the best in wine tasting hospitality, especially...
Napa Harvest Season

Napa Harvest Season

Through the Lens of Local Napa Photographer, Bob McClenahan Every year from August through October, vintners and vineyard workers collaborate closely with mother nature to farm the year’s grape vineyards to their peak of ripeness and nurture them through a successful...
Downtown Napa Rides

Downtown Napa Rides

Mike Flohr is an ideas man. He is already a successful small business owner and a dedicated teacher at Vintage High School, so after discovering a complimentary, tip-based ride service while visiting Scottsdale, Arizona, he realized that it was something special. Mike...
Sweetie Pies Pivots

Sweetie Pies Pivots

Satisfying More Than a Sweet Tooth Toni Chiappetta took a slight detour this past spring from baking her popular pies, cakes, and cookies. The longtime proprietor of the Napa Mill-located Sweetie Pies saw a need, and she filled it. Chiapetta turned her bakery into a...
The Urban Track

The Urban Track

Downtown Napa’s Bustling Wine Scene It’s a relatively new phenomenon, but downtown Napa has become a prime location to taste wines. The compact area contains approximately 40 tasting venues, including single-winery tasting rooms, multiple winery collectives,...
Jessel Miller

Jessel Miller

Jessel Miller is having the time of her life. She has spent decades at the heart and soul of Napa Valley’s art world, owning and operating the beloved Jessel Gallery on Atlas Peak Road since 1984. Jessel originally envisioned the former whiskey distillery as a giant...
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Turns 50

Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Turns 50

The incredible success story of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars is like a fairy tale—one that’s full of propitious, delicious magic and extraordinary timing. A true American legacy, the brand was born 11 years  before  Napa Valley became California’s first American...