Winery Directory Letter O Return to the Main Winery Directory O’Brien Family Vineyard/Seduction Wine: 1200 Orchard Ave.Napa 707.252.8463 (VINE)www.obrienfamilyvineyard.comHrs: call for appointment Tue-Sun 10 to 5.TF: $$$CWPWines: Chard, Merlot, Bordeaux Blend (Seduction)Notes: Biodynamic/Organic. They do a very good tour, romantic and personal and the wines are quite special, as are the people who make it. They are very convenient to downtown Napa.
OnThEdge Winery & Jean Louis Vermeil Wines: 1255 Lincoln Ave.Calistoga 707.942.7410www.OnThEdgewinery.comHrs: 10-5TF: $Wines: Sauv Blanc, Charbono, Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Zin. Notes: The tasting room in downtown Calistoga is a store filled with gifts and their own candles from their beehives. There is a resident beehive that never fails to please visitors. Besides the tasting bar there is a shaded tasting patio next to the NapaRiver that is perfect for a picnic. You can taste their wines and the wines produced by partner and Calistoga native Football Coach Dick Vermeil, Super Bowl winner. Their winery is very remote and they occasionally open it to visitors by appointment.
Optima Winery:498 More Ln. Healdsburg 707.431.8222 Hrs: By appointment. Wines: Chard, Cab Sauv, Port, Petite Syrah, Zin. Opus One Winery: 7900 St Helena Hwy (Rt 29).Oakville 707.944.9442www.OpusOneWinery.comHrs: 10-4by appointment InstantTour by apptTF: $$$Wines: Bordeaux Blend. Notes: Architecture, tours, views. They make 25,000 cases per year, and are an international standard. They pour one small glass and you can enjoy it upstairs loggia with its views of the valley. Styled like an Aztec temple, the big gate has a small sign, but it is just north of the Oakville market on the same side. Orin Swift Cellars: 352 Main St.St Helena(Rt 29)(Second Floor Tasting Room) 707-976-9179www.orinswift.comHrs: by appointmentTF: PIEWines: Signature Blend, Zin, Cab, Syrah, etc. Notes: This is a very popular, enthusiast wine. O Shaughnessy Winery: Friesen DrAngwin(HowellMountain) 707.965.2898www.oshaughnessywinery.comHrs: by appointmentWines: Cab Sauv, Merlot. Notes: Beautiful, Isolated. Outpost Wines: 2075 Summit Lake Dr.Angwin(HowellMountain) 707.965.1718www.outpostwines.comHrs: by appointmentTF: PIEWines: Zin, Grenache, Petite Sirah, Cab Sauv. Notes: They sit on the top of HowellMountain looking across at SpringMountain on the other side of the Valley. While they produce some wonderful wines, they are known just as much as a crush facility for some of Napa's hottest young winemakers. It is quite a ride to the top, but the views and the wines are great.
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