Marcus Marquez

Marcus Marquez

Intriguing Change Agent Marcus fell in love with the food and wine scene of Napa Valley in the late 1990s when working at The Kitchen in Sacramento. As the manager and one of the wine buyers, he was very proud of the Wine Spectator award they received for the wine...
Ira Yeager

Ira Yeager

Intriguing Local Artist From the verdant valleys of Napa to the eighteenth century courtly French painters he often emulates, Ira Yeager derives inspiration from the many places he has at one time called home: Florence, Corfu, Tangiers, Santa Fe, New York City, San...
Kisha & Jason Itkin

Kisha & Jason Itkin

Intriguing Vintners When Kisha and Jason Itkin first visited the Diamond Mountain property they would come to own as Theorem Vineyards, it was love at first sight. The Houston based couple recognized the property’s potential and understood that the site’s unique...
T Beller

T Beller

Intriguing Virtuoso of Wine Country Experiences T left the South to go to college, but the South has never left her. Her graceful hospitality (and pithy Southern colloquialisms) are the stuff of legends. Guests of her curated luxury tour business, Verve Napa Valley,...
Leslie Silver L.AC.

Leslie Silver L.AC.

Intriguing Wellness Practitioner Leslie Silver brings the Napa community a current application of a classic paradigm of health. This understanding, which is the result of extensive study of Han Dynasty acupuncture, dates back to 206 BC. Her craft comes to life in her...
Juan Pablo Torres-Padilla

Juan Pablo Torres-Padilla

Intriguing Visionary At the helm of Sullivan Rutherford Estate since early 2018, Juan Pablo Torres-Padilla has a vision – to establish the most professional and wine-passionate team in pursuit of crafting the next ‘first growth’ wine from Napa Valley. Building...
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...