Spring Mountain Collective Napa Valley Lot

Barnett Vineyards, Behrens Family Winery, Keenan Winery, Marston Family Vineyard, Pride Mountain Vineyards, Schweiger Family Vineyards, Sherwin Family Vineyards, Terra Valentine and Vineyard 7&8 are collaborating on an auction lot to benefit the Forest Health Initiative. The lot offers full immersion into the wines and hospitality of the Spring Mountain

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New Wines for SMDA Wineries

New wines and soon to be released wines by SMDA Wineries

We asked our member wineries what new wines they will be releasing soon or have recently released that we should be on the lookout for. Below are their recommendations! See any you would like to try? Head over to their website to explore all of their available vintages, varietals, tasting

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What’s your favorite / recommended summer wine?

We asked our member wineries what their favorite wine is to sip on during the hot summer nights. Below are their recommendations! See any you would like to try? Head over to their website to explore all of their available vintages, varietals, tasting experiences, and more! Luscher-Ballard 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon

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High Over Napa Valley, Barnett Vineyards Shines

Published by Signature Wines, written by by Mike Dunne   We’re standing some 2000 feet up the sunrise slope of the Mayacamas Mountains. We’re looking east but mostly down, way down, scanning the green blocks of grapevines that form the flat and orderly quilt of Napa Valley. I ask Hal

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2019 Cabernet Sauvignons from the Spring Mountain District

2019 Cabernet Sauvignons from the Spring Mountain District are reviewed by Jonathan Cristaldi in Decanter: This tiny northerly AVA, perched on steep terraces in the Mayacamas range which divides the Napa and Sonoma valleys, enjoyed a stellar Cabernet Sauvignon vintage in 2019. Decanter’s Napa correspondent Jonathan Cristaldi picks out the

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Wine & Photography

By Wesley Steffens, Vineyard 7 & 8 / Correlation Wine Co. As the crew begins the final steps in preparing the winery for the upcoming 2022 harvest, and we give all the TLC we can to the fruit to ensure the best quality of fruit will be ready when the

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Pride Mountain Vineyards Introduces Matt Ward as Winemaker

Pride Mountain Vineyards is pleased to announce that Matt Ward, formerly of Atelier Melka, has joined the team as Winemaker. Steve Pride: “Matt is an amazing young man. Through his hard work, inquisitiveness and experimentation, he has developed as much insight into all aspects of the winemaking process as any

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A Napa Favorite Goes Back to the Future

A new team at Stony Hill is making important changes while embracing its history and its singular style of wines. New York Times, Written by Eric Asimov, April 14, 2022 HELENA, Calif. — Through almost 70 tumultuous years of California wine history, one thing seemed never to change: Stony Hill Vineyard, a pioneer

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