Behrens & Hitchcock Winery
A basement, in Humboldt County, outfitted with just two dairy tanks, was the humble beginning of our winery. Of this tiny, dug out space, Les assured Joe Bob that, ?We have all the room we will ever need.?
However, the roots of Behrens & Hitchcock are found in Folie Douce, the award-winning restaurant Lisa Drinkward and Les Behrens launched in 1991 in Arcata, California. While Lisa was developing an incredible, French-inspired menu, Les was busy cultivating a superb wine list and cellar which eventually received the Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence. In the course of creating the wine list, Les met many winemakers and received encouragement from several to begin making his own wine. The idea, which seemed almost nonsensical at first, quickly began to take root in Les' mind.
O'Shaughnessy Winery
Thank you for your interest in O'Shaughnessy Estate Winery. We are a small, family-owned vineyard and winery on Howell Mountain in California's Napa Valley. Our quest, to make a single great Cabernet Sauvignon, is the driving force behind all of our growing and winemaking decisions.
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Pride Mountain Vineyards
Pride Mountain Vineyards, situated at 2100' on the top of Spring Mountain and often referred to simply as "Pride" is owned and operated by Carolyn Pride, and her children, Suzanne Pride Bryan and Steve Pride. Highly acclaimed for producing wines of exceptional character and concentration, the winery's eighty acres of rugged mountain vineyards are planted to twenty-seven distinct vineyard blocks which span the crest of the mountaintop and enjoy a variety of exposures. Vinified and barrel aged separately, each resulting lot makes its own unique contribution to winemaker Sally Johnson's final varietal blends.
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Brown Estate Winery
As we approach Brown Estate's 15th crush and our family prepares to celebrate thirty years in the Napa Valley, we feel at liberty to say that at its core, winemaking is an act of creative production. Science has its say in the process, but the true beauty in wine from both the producer's and consumer's sides derives as much from the care and artistry with which the winemaker practices his or her craft as from the fruit source itself.
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