St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery Proudly Supports Auction Napa Valley

May 29, 2012

Over the last 32 years, Auction Napa Valley has raised more than one hundred million dollars to support Napa Valley non-profits in the health, education, and youth sectors. Last year, $6.85 million dollars were distributed to non-profit organizations aiding Napa Valley communities from American Canyon to Calistoga. This year, nonprofit organizations like Rianda House, Napa [...]

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Rutherford Estate Vineyard Merlot 2009

March 5, 2012

  We just released the St. Supery Napa Valley, Rutherford Estate Vineyard Merlot 2009. Intense and well-structured, this wine has rich berry notes with soft, fine tannins on the finish.  Grown on our Rutherford Estate Vineyard in Napa Valley, the grapes for this 100% Merlot were handpicked for the highest quality fruit. Matured for 19 months [...]

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Grapes and Rain

October 6, 2011

I had a chance to have a quick chat with our winemaker today, Michael Scholz, about harvest and rain. He was quite happy to report that all of our whites are in and “in a good place”. Normally when you say something or someone is “in a good place” that means they have shuffled off [...]

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Dropping Second Crop

August 9, 2011

Geoff Gatto, St. Supéry’s Director of Vineyard Operations, sent us a quick update from our Napa Valley Estate Vineyard, Dollarhide: “Vineyard work has finally begun to slow down. Workers are finishing dropping second crop (small clusters which develop much later than the primary clusters). Once verasion advances a little further we will drop unripe clusters.” [...]

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Bird hatching in our Chardonnay!

July 22, 2011

Geoff Gatto, St. Supery’s Director of Vineyard Operations, took this incredible picture today in our Napa Green Certified Rutherford Estate Vineyard: “We are still in the process of removing leaves in certain blocks. Shoot positioning has been completed, hopefully for the last time (with all the soil moisture we have had extended periods of rapid [...]

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Growing Shoots!

July 8, 2011

Geoff Gatto, St. Supery’s Director of Vineyard Operations, sent us a quick update this morning from his perspective at our Napa Valley estate vineyard, Dollarhide: “Vineyard workers are still hard at work positioning the rapidly growing shoots. We have just begun to remove leaves, starting in the Chardonnay. This opens the canopy allowing more sunlight [...]

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Savor Sauvignon Blanc on June 24

June 23, 2011

Friday, June 24, 2011, is not only the first Friday of summer (hence worthy of toasting in any case), it is #SauvBlanc day. What is #SauvBlanc Day? It’s a whole day, in all time zones, to celebrate a wine, in this case, one of our favorites, Sauvignon Blanc. St. Supéry hatched this concept back in 2009 [...]

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Come on out, sun!

June 9, 2011

Geoff Gatto, St. Supery’s Director of Vineyard Operations, sent us a quick update this morning from his perspective at our Napa Valley estate vineyard, Dollarhide: “With rain finally ending, the temperatures are starting to rise again. Suckering is almost complete, with crews tucking the rapidly growing shoots into the wire as they go. Bloom is [...]

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Wayne Thiebaud Art Exhibition at St. Supéry

April 5, 2011

World-renowned painter Wayne Thiebaud will be featured at the St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery Art Gallery in Rutherford, California from April 5 – June 30, 2011. Titled “Mountains,” this will be the first Thiebaud exhibition ever shown in the Napa Valley. The free, public show will be open 7 days a week from 10 [...]

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Pruner Extraordinaire, our own Benjamin Vega-Trejo

March 24, 2011

We are pleased to congratulate Mr. Benjamin Vega-Trejo, part of our vineyard team at St. Supery, for winning first place at this year’s Napa  County  pruning contest. Benjamin has worked for St. Supery since October 2001. Aside from being a pruning expert, Benjamin helps with all facets of vineyard work at our Dollarhide and Rutherford estates. [...]

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