On Sunday, John Gantner, co-owner of Spring Mountain’s School House Vineyard, found one of the largest and likely the most beautiful Chanterelles he or his wife, Nancy Walker, have seen in years. Gantner found it under an oak tree on their property on Spring Mountain. Walker brought the Chanterelle mushroom
The walls are up and work continues on our new tasting room. The view is spectacular and we hope to open and greet guests by Spring 2019.
Holiday season at Vineyard 7 & 8 means time for family, for reflection on the year that was had, the wines that were crafted, the opportunities had and yet to come. It’s a time to slow down and reconnect with friends, perhaps if the snow gods were kind, a time
Bet you didn’t know that mistletoe thrives in the oak trees on the ranch. Sometimes a lucky visitor might leave with a branch or sprig or two! A favorite dish year-round which Stu likes to make is his Cabernet Risotto. If you can’t make it on a camp stove on
Every year at Keenan Winery we get together to celebrate the holidays with our many important vendors, family, and friends. We start the day with oysters, bubbles and skeet shooting. We then sit down for our traditional Prime Rib lunch and of course some wonderful Keenan wines! We end the
Robert Louis Stevenson spent a considerable amount of time in the Napa Valley (much of the story of Silverado Squatters is based here). Here’s a Thanksgiving poem he wrote: Lord, behold our family here assembled.We thank Thee for this place in which we dwell;for the love that unites us;for the peace
The presence of wildlife must mean healthy vineyards and a healthy environment: Original article published in the St. Helena Star by CHARLOTTE SMITH & JULIE ANN KODMUR A year after the devastating fires, one possible impact may be that a bear or maybe several bears are moving through the forests