Paratus Vineyards

Paratus Vineyards

Paradise Found Atop Mount Veeder When Rob Jennings first visited  the site that would become his Paratus Vineyards, he knew it was special. “It was 1999 when I first climbed through redwood forests to the steep, east-facing slope of Mount Veeder to take a peek at...
Segassia Vineyard

Segassia Vineyard

A Sanctuary on Mount Veeder Andrew Cates, the owner of Segassia Vineyard on Mount Veeder said “It’s a Napa Sanctuary.” He was describing how the fog rolls past  his vines every morning on its way down the mountain, and how swarms of ladybugs live in the...
The Hess Collection

The Hess Collection

A World-Class Wine Experience As it so often does in all aspects of life, art sets the scene at The Hess Collection Estate on Mount Veeder in Napa Valley. Founder Donald Hess’s art collection began when he bought a painting as décor for his new home. Years later, a...
Mayacamas

Mayacamas

One of Napa’s Great Classics Mayacamas Vineyards knows sustainability. Beyond the Mount Veeder estate winery’s continued use of its 1889-built cellar, ownership has made a commitment to organic viticulture, one of the reasons that winemaker Braiden Albrecht...
Vinoce

Vinoce

Building a Legacy on Mount Veeder Being good with his hands led Brian Nuss to winemaking. Or at least that’s the way his son Tyler explained it. The Nuss family just completed their 20th vintage of making wine in the Napa Valley for their Vinoce label. His parents...
Kukeri Wines

Kukeri Wines

Bulgarian Tradition Meets California Grapes In the small Bulgarian town where Petar Kirilov was born and raised, every household made 30 to 50 gallons of wine for drinking through the winter—and generally, like Petar’s father, they still do. Of course, the grapes were...
Progeny Winery

Progeny Winery

Balance and Elegance from Roots in Mount Veeder AVA For Paul and Betty Woolls, who met at a wine tasting event, Progeny Winery represents a love story of lives and vines intertwined with shared roots. Happily bound together in marriage and winemaking, the 32-acre...
Mount Veeder

Mount Veeder

Utterly Unique At 25,000 acres, Mount Veeder is the largest in area of Napa Valley’s 16 AVAs, yet this unforgiving terrain features the fewest vineyard acres, about 1,000 total, and accounts for only 1.3 percent of Napa Valley’s total wine production. It’s also the...
Conn Creek Winery

Conn Creek Winery

Conn Creek Winery – Play winemaker for a day blending Cabernet Winemakers often describe their profession as a combination of science and art, a notion that participants in Conn Creek Winery’s award-winning Barrel Blending Experience explore in entertaining...