Cara Mae Wooledge, MPH

Cara Mae Wooledge, MPH

Intriguing Community Wellness Advocate “Running a farmer’s market is like running a small city,” Cara Mae states as she bustles through the Napa Farmer’s Market on Saturday morning. Her leadership and dedication to keeping the Farmers Market alive and vibrant for the...
Kevin Reid

Kevin Reid

Intriguing Community Health Activist  “We want the cure for Multiple Sclerosis to come out of Napa Valley,” stated Kevin Reid, on 99.3 the Vine, promoting the 6th Annual Crush MS Summer Celebration. Kevin is the Co-Founder of the non-profit group Crush MS, an...
Helen & Scott Lyall

Helen & Scott Lyall

Intriguing Local Family Business Mother and son bring glamour to Napa Though many locals and visitors treasure Napa Valley for its casual ambience, others like fashion and glamour when they attend benefits and events. For those people, Helen Lyall and her son Scott...
Sean O’Malley

Sean O’Malley

Intriguing Entrepreneur One may wonder how a tall man of Irish ancestry who doesn’t speak Italian and has never been to Venice ended up singing “Santa Lucia” while rowing an authentic gondola on the Napa River. Sean O’Malley probably does, too, but he’s having a ball...
Monica & David Stevens

Monica & David Stevens

Intriguing Couple As proprietors of St. Helena’s 750 Wines since 2009, Monica and David Stevens have been immersed in running their very distinctive retail wine salon that specializes in both private, curated tastings as well as high-end, limited production boutique...
Sara Fowler

Sara Fowler

Intriguing Winemaker Named ‘Best Local Winemaker’ by Napa Valley Life Magazine readers in 2016, 2017, and 2018, Sara Fowler has led Peju’s winemaking team and efforts for the past 13 years, while also serving as winemaker and director of vineyard operations for Peju’s...
Kaelin Ulrich Trilling

Kaelin Ulrich Trilling

Intriguing Local Chef Chef Kaelin Ulrich Trilling’s rise to Chef de Cuisine at Thomas Keller’s La Calenda in Yountville is the stuff of which dreams are made. At just 27 years old, Trilling’s culinary background proved to be just what Keller was seeking in filling the...
Kelly Carter

Kelly Carter

Intriguing Optimist On Kelly Carter’s wall hangs an art piece that reads ‘She believed she could so she did.’ It’s her motto of sorts. “One of my sorority sisters always introduces me to others as the one person she knows who does everything she says she’s going to...
Dave Phinney

Dave Phinney

Intriguing Innovator Napa Valley vintner Dave Phinney is no ordinary winemaker. And now he’s no ordinary distiller. Prolific in creation of new and extraordinarily popular wine brands and labels, the original founder of The Prisoner and Orin Swift wines has set his...
Napa Valley’s Most Intriguing 2019

Napa Valley’s Most Intriguing 2019

Contributors:  Laura Larson, Fran Miller, Paul Franson, Janna Waldinger, Colin McPhail, Colleen Harmon & Hunter Boon   Kaelin Ulrich Trilling Intriguing Local Chef Chef Kaelin Ulrich Trilling’s rise to Chef de Cuisine at Thomas Keller’s La Calenda in...