9 Best NAPA VALLEY Wineries to Visit (2024)

To answer your question: I highly recommend a visit to Phelps , that has a beautiful property. For those who like full body cabernets and opulent Chardonnays , I recommend Bremer Family , that’s is also in the Howell mountain region ! For those with children , I recommend Frogs leap, cause tegy allow they to circulate in the vineyards while you do a tasting . And the library wines are wonderful! Cheers !

You clearly have the pulse of your subscribers, John. And you seem to have the ability to predict what wine enthusiasts would benefit from and be most interested in. This is a classic example, in my opinion. I’m certainly taking down notes and saving this video for future reference. With this list of 9 of the best wineries to visit in Napa Valley, I know I will have the best time in this amazing wine region. As I always say, no other wine expert knows Napa Valley like you do. Thank you for this well-curated Napa Valley guide, and congratulations on your excellent video. Cheers and Happy Easter, John!

I like Chapellet in Pritchard hill east side of Napa. Their 2013 and 2016 is one of the best rivaling the most expensive ones there from Bond/Promontory/Harlan and it’s priced not bad. I also recommend Corison in St Helena, Cardinale, Shafer(hill side select), Spotswood, Araujo, Seven Apart(Andy Erickson’s gig), and Amuse Bouche(Heidi Barrett’s gig). Andy Erickson and Heidi Barrette are former screaming Eagle wine makers and their wines are always good.

Enjoyable video. A favorite for my wife and me is Adamvs on Howell Mountain. We love their wines, but also the unique architecture of the tasting room and the tour of the property, including feeding a carrot to one of the donkeys, was a memorable experience standing out from the others. Their cabs are delicious with the very lovely tannins and complexity, but the Sauvignon Blanc really stands out as one of the best whites I’ve had from Napa Valley.

Mayacamas is a great experience and their wines are excellent

Plumpjack, Cade and Darioush are some of my favorites to visit Schramsberg caves are impressive as well

Great insight as usual! Very good info, John! Thanks for sharing.

Fun video, and great ideas. I’d love more for other regions. It would also be helpful to understand some of the costs associated with experiences like this.

I would definitely check out Kenzo. The mountain drive was incredible and they have a great story. I got one of the best education experiences of any winery in Napa.

Great list of wineries ! My most memorable experiences are visiting smaller, mom and pop, winery where you get to actually meet with and taste with the proprietor or winemaker

Hi John, my personal favorite in Napa valley is Seavey Vineyard near the foot of Howell mountain. Great wines from a small family owned winery

I would also put Quintessa up with Opus for views and interesting tasting. We did barrel tastings of different wines from the property before blending. Was very interesting. The Faust Haus is also a cool place with great wine.

Great video! Thank you for including the Castello. Cheers!

Funny you and I were just talking about visiting the Mayacamas tasting room versus the main winery on the comments of a previous video. I booked my visit to go to the main winery after you said it was worth it.

Awesome list, John. Totally agree on Mayacamas. Quintessa, Faust, Clos du Val and Nickel & Nickel are fun spots as well. Also both Silver Oak locations (Napa and Healdsburg) allow infants under 1 and are really great to visit.

I still dream about my tasting at Cardinale 😍

Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Domaine Carneros, Mayacamas and Raymond (winemaker) are on our itinerary in a couple of weeks! Schramsburg, VGS Chateau Potelle, and Buena Vista also on.

Domaine Carneros would probably be my favourite, I bet... They offer food pairing which for me is always a strong point 😅 I know I will sound unrefined and with a clunky taste but I actually I go against the current: I like bold, powerful wines, full bodied, full of oak notes but please give me velvety tannins 😂. I also love MLC and Lees ageing so yes to buttery, full bodied Chardonnays! In fact I also had a very buttery Albariño last year and it was amazing ❤

Enjoyed the video John. I love Italian wine, so hearing about Castello di Amorosa was intriguing. The property looks beautiful. How's the wine there?

Darioush is worth a visit- styled after Persepolis🍷