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Seth Goldfarb of Anomaly Vineyards on growing grapes and making wine in St. Helena.

The Classics These places are the proven, the blue chip, the tried-and-true. They live up to the hype, both in terms of quality wine and visitor experience. Chappellet Vineyard garden view / Photo courtesy Chappellet Chappellet Vineyard One of Napa Valley’s founding wineries, Donn & Molly Chappellet were among the first to plant vineyards on the high-elevation hillsides of Pritchard Hill, founding the vineyard in 1967. All six of their children are involved with the vineyard. The organically ...

New Names, New Wines from Napa As some readers know, I’ve only recently been able to dedicate more time to writing here on Vinography after a number of years being an entrepreneur and small business owner trying to squeeze in some wine writing around the edges. By virtue of that struggle for time, I have not exactly kept up with new developments in California wine at the level to which I aspite. There was a time that thanks to an endless parade of large public tastings, I was almost sure to h...