Napa Valley Winery Directory
Top napa valley wineries
Napa Valley is a vibrant community with over 80,000 residents that is highly adored all around the world by travel/wine enthusiasts. Of the estimated four million people who visit our scenic area every year, it is thought that up to 80% visit the same 20 or so wineries in Napa. Since there are over 400 Napa wineries, it isn’t difficult to figure out how to avoid the crowds and find the more intimate side – and the real charm – of the Napa Valley. Our Napa Valley Join-In Tours focus on smaller, non-touristy Napa wineries featuring unique, world-class wines and beautiful locations and scenery, providing you with a truly special experience.
Over the past decade, the city of Napa has awakened with an incredible rush of culture, art, and entertainment, embodying the true spirit of the Valley. A thriving wine and culinary scene make Napa one of the most famous wine country regions in the world.
The historical aspects of the region are evident through preserved Victorian-era architecture and Napa wineries that date back to the 1800s.
A few favorite locations in Downtown Napa include Oxbow Public Market, Main Street’s “Restaurant Row” filled with dining options, Napa’s Opera House, and many more small venues hosting live music and gatherings. Napa wineries have established tasting rooms right in the downtown so visitors can experience incredible wines while wandering the charming streets and walking along the riverfront.
The town is also host to some incredible festivals, including BottleRock music festival, Festival Napa Valley and Napa Film Fest. What can you always expect at these events? Incredible food and famous wines from Napa Valley wineries.
Explore the Charm of Napa Valley’s Diverse Regions
Napa Valley offers a tapestry of unique wine regions, each boasting its own character and specialties. Venture into the historic town of St. Helena wineries, known for their Cabernet Sauvignon production. Explore the culinary delights that Yountville wineries have to offer, where world-class dining pairs with exceptional wines. Discover the charm of Rutherford with its focus on bold and powerful Cabernet Sauvignons. Platypus Wine Tours can curate a tour that encompasses the best wineries in St. Helena, Yountville, Rutherford, and beyond, ensuring you experience the full spectrum of Napa Valley’s offerings
Craft Your Napa Valley Wine Tasting Experience
Forget the rigid itineraries of large group tours. Platypus Wine Tours creates personalized experiences that cater to your specific desires. Indulge in exclusive Napa Valley wine tastings at hidden gem wineries. Seek out the best wine tasting in Napa for your palate, focusing on specific varietals or wineries you admire. Explore the renowned Napa California wineries alongside lesser-known producers, crafting a Napa Valley wine adventure that is truly unforgettable.
Explore Beyond the Usual Suspects: Calistoga Wineries
While Napa Valley boasts many famous wineries, venturing beyond the well-trodden path unlocks hidden gems. Don’t miss out on the charm of Calistoga wineries. Our Join-In Tours frequently visit these smaller producers, offering an intimate and unique experience. Discover why Calistoga is consistently ranked among the best places to visit for wineries near Calistoga and best wineries in Calistoga.
Unforgettable Experiences Await: Discover the Best Napa Valley Wineries
With over 400 wineries scattered across Napa Valley, choosing the right ones can be overwhelming. Platypus Wine Tours can help you craft the perfect itinerary, ensuring you visit the best Napa Valley wineries that align with your preferences. Whether you seek the revered top wineries in Napa or the breathtaking settings of the most beautiful wineries in Napa, our Join-In Tours offer a curated selection that goes beyond the usual tourist spots.
We’re thrilled that Trip Advisor consistently ranks our Napa Wine Tours as top-rated activities in the region.
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Here is a handy directory of many of wine country’s best wineries. You can use this directory while creating a custom, Private Tour. Please note that Small Group Join-in Tour wineries are selected by our experienced guides.
Noble Vines
George and Patricia Noble, and winemaker David Lattin, are dedicated to producing the best Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah from ultra-premium vineyards. By sourcing from different Napa Valley appellations—St. Helena, Rutherford Bench, Atlas Peak, and other Napa Valley hillside vineyards, including the Pritchard Hill area—they are able to hand-select lots that they know will deliver high quality and perfect ripeness for each vintage.
Notre Vue
Notre Vue Estate & Winery is a stunning 710-acre property located just south of Healdsburg, bordering the town of Windsor. They’re proud to be a certified Sustainable Vineyard and Winery, crafting top-quality wines from their estate vineyards, which sit across two renowned viticultural appellations: Russian River Valley and Chalk Hill in Sonoma County.
O’Brien Family Estate
The O’Brien’s purchased this property in 2000 which was an existing winery dating back to 1978. A small boutique winery of 40 acres located in the Oak Knoll District of North Napa, known for their romantic, poetic themed wines. It is a pleasant driveway leading to the winery where olive trees line up and their vineyards are in full view. Tastings are held either outdoors on the lawn overlooking the vineyards or in their indoor tasting room where you can get a full history on these romantic wines!
O’Shaughnessy Estate Winery
In Napa, Betty fell in love with the beauty of the land, the vineyards, and the climate. In 1990, she landed in Oakville with a parcel of land, including vineyards and a home site. Betty reconnected with her deep-rooted appreciation of the soil and the bounties it brings. Over the next few years, additional vineyards on Howell Mountain and Mount Veeder added to the source available for varieties of grapes. The new century brought a cave, grapes crushed into wine and a design for a winery structure. The project completed in time for the harvest of 2003.
Odette Estate
The Odette Estate was founded by three individual partners, Gordon Getty, Gavin Newsom, and John Conover, part of the PlumpJack Group which purchased it in 2012. Odette is located in the Stag’s Leap district just east of the Silverado Trail. The property has been renovated to display a chic and modern design in their hospitality center and is one of only a few wineries to boast a living green roof planted to grasses and plants as well as solar panels. They are known for their red wines, they boast 18,000 feet of caves, and a beautiful lounge which encompasses their stellar views. This is a winery not to be missed!
Opus One
Hand-crafted wines from the Harris Family Vineyards in the heart of the Oakville appellation in Napa Valley. Tireless advocates of eco-friendly farming and enviormental stewarship. Famed winemaker Heidi Barrett has been producing the wines since 1991.The essence of time is expressed in Opus One by the character of each vintage. Place, often defined as terroir, represents the geography, the climate and the essential human element which is captured in the wine’s balance between power and finesse, structure and texture.
Orin Swift Cellars
The history of Orin Swift Cellars dates back to 1995 when on a lark, David Swift Phinney took a friend up on an offer and went to Florence, Italy to spend a semester “studying”. During that time, he was introduced to wine, how it was made, and got hooked. A few more years of university led to graduation and eventually a job at Robert Mondavi Winery in 1997 as a temporary harvest worker. Deciding that if he was going to work this hard, it would eventually have to be for himself, he founded Orin Swift Cellars in 1998; Orin is his father’s middle name and Swift is his mother’s maiden name. With two tons of zinfandel and not much else, he spent the next decade making wine for others as well as himself and grew the brand to what it is today.
Outpost Wines
Outpost was established in 1998 with the vision of producing wines that are a living, breathing embodiment of this magical place. Truly one of the world’s great Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel growing regions, the unique terroir of the Outpost vineyards – the hard, rocky red soil, high altitude, gentle cooling breezes and sunny western exposure – produces fruit of incredible intensity and richness, with a distinctive spice you simply cannot find anywhere else.
Palmaz Vineyards
Palmaz Vineyards is a family-owned and -operated gravity-flow, gravity-finish winery and historic estate at the southern end of Napa Valley. The estates centerpiece is the Cave, an 18-story, 100,000-square-foot subterranean winery that required seven years to complete. There, the family combines the latest technology with time-honored craftsmanship to make, among much else, their signature Palmaz Cabernet Sauvignon.
Paloma Vineyard
The property is located five miles northwest of St. Helena at the top of Spring Mountain. In the last half of the 19th century it was a vineyard, but was allowed to return to forest around the turn of the century. The purchase of this raw land was the beginning of an odyssey that is ongoing, ever changing, but with one goal—to grow the best grapes possible and make a wine that reflects the terroir of Paloma Vineyard, Spring Mountain and Napa. They were rewarded for strength and determination, receiving the Wine Spectaor’s 2003 TOP PICK over 15,000 other wines from around the world.
Paoletti
All the grapes used for producing premium Bordeaux blends and Super Tuscan wines are grown on the 36 acre estate. Built in 1989, the caves contain a unique collection of Carrera marble statues.
Paradigm
Hand-crafted wines from the Harris Family Vineyards in the heart of the Oakville appellation in Napa Valley. Tireless advocates of eco-friendly farming and enviormental stewarship. Famed winermaker Heidi Barrett has been producing the wines since 1991
