Anniversaries

Bella Oaks, one of Napa Valley’s most storied vineyards, turns 50 this year. Belle and Barney Rhodes, cosmopolitan Napa pioneers, seasoned wine experts, and collectors, purchased the 14-acre site in Rutherford that would become the Bella Oaks vineyard in 1968. In 1973, on the recommendation of Joe Heitz of

Yamhill Valley Vineyards was founded by Denis Burger and Elaine McCall.  It rapidly developed a reputation for quality wines, outcompeting French Burgundies  in a blind tasting at the Steamboat Pinot Noir Conference. The second generation has now taken up the reins. Denis and Elaine's daughter, Jenny Burger, is

PEJU Province Winery—the family owned and operated winery in the heart of Rutherford—celebrates its 40th anniversary and looks ahead to the next 40 years by launching a new philanthropic initiative and community partnership, museum experience on the property, and a series of events at the estate and across