You’ll find two dozen wineries and 1000 acres of vineyards in the Spring Mountain District on the eastern slopes of the Mayacamas Mountains, each family-owned and operated. Prominent here are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Zinfandel as well as Chardonnay and Viognier.
Barnett, Behrens, Pride, Schweiger
Our personal and curated tasting experience includes a discussion of our history, unique terroir, and winemaking methods. Guests will explore our current releases either seated in our private cave room, or while enjoying a spectacular view of Napa Valley if weather permits.
Behrens Family Winery is a boutique winery in the truest sense. Owned by Les Behrens and Lisa Drinkward, who’ve made wine under the Behrens & Hitchcock label since 1993, Behrens Family Winery produces small lots of six or seven wines a year at its winery perched high on top of Spring Mountain in Napa Valley. Each wine is a low tech labor of love: crushed into one-ton T-bins, punched down by hand, gently transferred to barrel, and bottled unfined and unfiltered. One only has to look at Les and Lisa’s hands during harvest to know their wines are truly “hand-crafted.” The couple also gravitates toward small, interesting and low-yielding vineyard sites, working with growers who they know, like and trust, and who are as obsessive about quality as they are. For Les and Lisa, it’s all about letting the vineyards steal the show, and allowing the wines to speak for themselves.
Pride Mountain Vineyards is a 235-acre estate with a wooden-beamed, modest-sized winery that blends smoothly into its mountainous surroundings and California heritage. The charming and unpretentious tasting room offers guests the opportunity to sample the latest vintages while chatting with the gracious and knowledgeable staff. County regulations require that visitors hold a prior appointment.
Experience SCHWEIGER VINEYARDS: the result of hard work of multiple generations meticulously farming carefully chosen clones of the finest wine varietals; hand-harvested, pressed, fermented, aged, and eventually bottled on the esteemed Spring Mountain Estate all under the watchful eye of a father and son wine growing team.
