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The Oakville AVA is an American Viticultural Area located within Napa Valley AVA and centered on the town of Oakville, California. The appellation extends over a flat expanse of well-drained gravel soil between the Vaca and Mayacamas Mountains .
Formally declared a Napa appellation in 1993 there are currently 24 wineries and over 5,000 acres (20 km 2) of vineyard located within the boundary of the Oakville AVA. The Robert Mondavi Winery is located between Oakville and Rutherford, California (though its corporate headquarters are in nearby St. Helena). To Kalon was part of Mondavi's ...
This was the first Bordeaux style winery in the US. Inglenook wines won gold medals at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris. In 1868 H. W. Crabb bought land near Oakville close to the Napa River. Crabb established a vineyard and winery named To Kalon, and by 1877 had planted 130 acres (0.5 km 2) and was producing 50,000 US gallons of wine per year ...
PlumpJack Winery was founded in 1997 when the PlumpJack Group acquired a century-old 53 acres (21 ha) vineyard in Napa Valley on Oakville Cross Road. The winery facility and tasting room were designed by Leavitt-Weaver, the same design firm that the PlumpJack Group used for the designs of its restaurants and hotels.
Harlan Estate is a California wine estate that produces Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine. The estate is located in the western hills of Napa Valley, within the Oakville AVA, in the Napa Valley AVA zone. The estate was established in 1984 by H. William Harlan (Bill Harlan), who envisioned a 200-year plan for the future of the business. The entire ...
In the state's southwest corner, the Lake Michigan Shore area gives a strong showing with numerous small, family-owned wineries such as Cody Kresta Vineyard & Winery and Hickory Creek Winery. New ...
Opus One Winery is a winery in Oakville, California, United States.The wine was called napamedoc until 1982 when it was named Opus One. The winery was founded as a joint venture between Baron Philippe de Rothschild of Château Mouton Rothschild and Robert Mondavi to create a single Bordeaux style blend based upon Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
The AVA has more vines planted to it than any other wholly contained appellation within the Napa Valley. A wide variety of wine grapes do well in this climate, including varieties not widely grown in other parts of Napa Valley, such as Riesling and Pinot noir. The district is planted largely to Merlot, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, in that ...