Vineyard Views

Hundreds of barrels of Chardonny are stacked to the ceiling just waiting for the day they can be bottled and shared at the Grgich Hills Winery in Napa Valley. It’s been over 40 years since young winemaker Mike Grgich stunned the world at the Tasting of Paris in 1976,...

A vertical tasting is when you open multiple bottles of the same wine from different vintages. It is the perfect way to find out how those wines are aging in the cellar, plus experience all the different nuances they reveal as they age....

Ripe and ready for picking, the Cabernet Sauvignon grapes at Pride Mountain Vineyard are considered some of the best in Napa Valley. High atop Spring Mountain in the western part of the valley, their fabulous wines are rivaled by the spectacular views and the winery itself.  ...

At Cline Cellars in the Sonoma Valley, instead of pesticides and herbicides, 1500 sheep and 500 goats roam the vineyards, tasked with removing invasive weeds. In spring, they munch on new growth between the vine rows. During summer months, sheep clear the weeds from the vineyard floor while chomping...

You can always recognize a winemaker during harvest by the purple arm he has for weeks on end. During wines initial fermentation, a solid cap forms from skin, seed and stem solids rising to the top. This cap must be broken a 2 to 4 times a day to...

The beautiful Tuscan Villa not only represents the heritage of Mario Andretti’s Napa Valley Winery, it also shines through every Italian varietal produced at this wine tasting destination.  ...

Tucked along the Silverado Trail in Napa Valley, the Persian Palace of the Darioush Winery is as beautiful as their line up of spectacular wines....

The wine making operations and cellaring caves at Napa Valley’s Jarvis Estate Winery are completely underground. Dug into the Vaca Mountains, this beautiful facility is 45,000 square feet....

After bud break and flowering, the micro beads are the beginning of grape clusters. In about 4 months, these Pinot Noir grapes will be ready to harvest....

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