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Colgin Cellars

Since 1992, Colgin has produced highest quality wines from exceptional hillside vineyards in the St. Helena area of Napa Valley. These unique sites, coupled with meticulous vineyard management and neo-classical winemaking techniques, produce wines with distinctive personalities. Colgin currently produces four first growth quality red wines: Tychson Hill Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Cariad Napa Valley Red Wine, IX Estate Napa Valley Red Wine and IX Estate Syrah. All of the Colgin wines are made at the state-of-the-art winery located at IX Estate.

Colgin Cellars is not open to the public and their wines are primarily found in fine restraunts.

Super Sonoman Wine

The diverse geology of Sonoma County and its topography have made it the ideal location to make world class wine for years but the grapes that are most often associated with the region have been Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Zinfandel to name a few. Super Sonoman Wine brings you another choice.

Gelfand Vineyards

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Established in 2000, Dresser Winery is nestled 1,100 feet above sea level on rolling hills with limestone and calcareous soils similar to those in Bordeaux and the Rhone Valley. Overlooking Paso Robles, this vineyard spans 25 acres, with half dedicated to seven varietals. The winery aims to craft wines that are memorable not only for their taste but also for the experiences they offer, whether enjoyed at the vineyard or at home with loved ones and friends. Dresser Winery prides itself on providing a personal touch and engaging experiences, which are central to its identity.

Kory and Catherine discovered Paso Robles years ago and found it to be the perfect place to chase their dreams and raise their family. Enchanted by the town's charm, they bought their first property, a 2-acre plot with a home needing Catherine's architectural expertise and 1.5 acres of Zinfandel for Kory to learn vineyard management and winemaking. Named Dudley Vineyard after their beloved dog, this initial venture became an excellent introduction to wine. A chance encounter with a local winemaker led them to Gelfand Vineyards, where Kory's passion for wine was nurtured. He worked alongside the previous owner, learning the craft of making full-bodied red wines, a hallmark of Gelfand Vineyards.

In 2022, the Burkes renamed their venture Dresser Winery, paying homage to the area known as Dresser Ranch. Their focus remains on producing wonderful full-bodied reds from estate-grown grapes, with new varietals from some of Paso's best vineyards. The Burkes emphasize providing a unique experience at Dresser Winery, hoping guests leave with unforgettable memories of both the wine and the tasting experience.

Dresser Winery continues to produce small-batch, high-quality grapes handcrafted into premium wines available only at the winery or through their website. Guests are invited to visit Dresser Winery and create their own cherished memories.

Massocco Vineyards

This place specializes in Zins and they make it very well here. It's actually on the jammier fruit forward side rather than the peppery notes of some zins you may have but it was very good. Enjoyed their white wines as well. There was only two that they make I believe and even the rose was pretty good.

Cinquain Cellars

Painting by Agata Zaborowski

Planted, 
pruned, picked, and pressed, 
all by hand, on our land, 
we share our art form and passion, 
with you.


This simple 5-line poem called a Cinquain (pronounced seen-cane), embodies the spirit of Cinquain Cellars, from nurturing 10,000 vines on our estate vineyard to crafting small lots of artisan wines for your pleasure. Owner and winemaker, David Nagengast likes to think of Cinquain wine as bottled poetry and hopes you will agree.
 

Del Dotto Vineyards

The beautiful, incredibly ornate and Victorian/ Baroque style tasting room coupled with the very friendly service makes this a great place to take out-of-towners.

Barrel tasting after barrel tasting, we truly learned a lot. The final tasting was complimented by an immaculate tray of cheese, cured meats, and bread/crackers (which, let's say, we definitely needed. . .and loved).

Bel Vino Winery

Bel Vino Winery is the Temecula home of Fine Wine and Good Times in Southern California in Temecula Wine Country. Surrounded by the beautiful scenery of breath-taking vistas, rolling vine-covered hills and panoramic views of the Temecula valley, Bel Vino is the perfect location for an intimate (indoor or outdoor) wine tasting or an exceptional California vineyard wedding. Beautiful winery, with a great feel to it. There was a live band playing at the little outdoor stage when we pulled up. The tasting bar was inviting, and the host was very friendly and very helpful. The reds were good. The Tatria was extremely good, one of my favorite wines from my whole day of wine tasting. Also make a Pepper Jam, which is amazing. It's a nice balance of sweet and spicy, and they served samples on crackers with cream cheese.

Falcor Wines

Certainly located in the least likely place you would imagine a wine tasting place to reside. Its oddly situated in an almost vacant business center, just a block away from the DMV, along with an exterior portraying anything but a winery.

We fortunately were pleasantly surprised to walk into an exceptional, cozy, secluded, classy atmosphere. Similar to the living and dining room of a fairly decent sized nice home. All equipped with two absolutely cute lab dogs named Thora and of course Falcor. Some might be taken back with the presence of dog's in a wine tasting room, however, being the dog lovers my friend and I both are, it was an added bonus. We were also given a quick tour of the small establishment and which Stacy explained to us how they actually hand press there grapes in the barrels which explains why they of course only develop smaller batches.

I'm glad we found Falcor, which was the height of our Napa trip. What a great selection of tasting wines! And what STRONG wines those were! We had:

2012 Trousseau Gris, Russian River Valley
A great opener. A crisp wine flavored with honeysuckle, pear and melon.

2008 Chardonnay, Los Carneros ($36)
A gentle butterscotch flavor with a toasty oakiness.

2007 Bilancia, Napa Valley ($37)
A blend of 48% Zinfandel, 26% Syrah, 21% Petit Sirah and 5% Charbono.

2006 Syrah, Napa Valley ($34)
A strong wine with blackberry, wild plum and dried currants.

2005 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley ($65)
A well-balanced wine that aged nicely! I enjoyed this one the most.

Brown Estates

We had four distinct wines and it was so difficult to choose which ones to go home with! We bought 2 and will be joing their wine club for sure. The grounds were so beautiful ~ such rich history. This small family owned winery is a hidden treasure! The old barn, the cave and the tasting room were so beautiful. I strongly recommend this as your first stop..... it will be hard to find anything better.

Scheid Vineyards - Greenfield

Al Scheid set his roots in Monterey County in 1972. Al has said if he had every planned to build a family winery it never would have happened. Instead, by his entrepreneurial spirit, skills at building relationships and a lot of hard work today it has become just that. Enjoy the passion and heart in this wineries wines.

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