Vineyard 29

Great wine and great location. Kelsey is awesome! One of the best wineries in Napa.

Awesome place, had a private dinner, I had a beef meal and my wife had halibut, and the wine is great too.
We ate dinner the night of the big earthquake I hope it survived with minimal damage.
Holly and her crew were very knowledgable and did a great job.
Even bought a few bottles of wine 2012 CRU cab, 2012 CRU Pinot

The winery is beautiful and the wine is fantastic! Our private tasting and tour was led by Austin who was friendly, knowledgeable and unpretentious. The tour was impressive and the food pairing was a big plus. If you have an opporunity to visit/​tour Winery 29, you won’t regret it.

Vineyard 29 is by far the best winery I’ve ever been to… in Napa, Paso Robles, and Santa Ynez.
We had an amazing tour led by Austin and could not have been more impressed. The tour was really fun and we also learned a lot about the winery and their wine-​making process, which made us appreciate their unparalleled wines even more. The Cru is to die for, a great wine that you can’t believe you are getting for such a good price.
The caves and tasting room are just gorgeous and the winery looks out on a beautiful view of the valley. In our group of five, every single person said that Vineyard 29 was hands down the best part of their entire Napa experience.
Do yourself a favor, next time you are in Napa, if you can only go to one place, make yourself an appointment here and you won’t regret it!

Lovely place, great staff and good food!
We went here for a dinner/​drinks event and it was fantastic. It started out with canapes and Sauv Blanc, which I normally am not a huge fan of but was in love with. The space is relatively new (2002), clean but sitll didnt feel super pretentious.
We then sat down for dinner, sturgeon which was paired with their cab, which was really delicious as well. The dessert was a decadent chocolate mousse with sea salt cookies and a nice port.
I will definitely come back with the hubby for a wine tasting.

I enjoyed Vineyard 29 wines at a private event which they poured at. Unfortunately I was very disappointed from the start for our «private library food and wine pairing». Austin took about a week to get back to me after I emailed and also called to set up a date. On the day of, he sent a somewhat terse email telling me that our four-​person group must be there at 12:00 SHARP. He had an attitude during the tour, and was a bit odd during the tasting when he discovered that the wine had been corked. One of my friends was a bit weird that day (something personal was going on), but Austin couldn’t roll with it. We spent enough $ on wines that day, but he couldn’t deign to send the recipes he had told me that he would. About a month later, Austin sent thank you card and offered to be of assistance in the future. Yeah, right.
The wine is very good, the marketing director just needs to remember what he is there for.

Amazing experience at Vineyard 29
Awesome private tour, wine tasting with food pairings hosted by Austin who really instilled our pre-​conceived notions about Vin29 and their CRU line.
Estate wines were outstanding and hope to order some to save for special occastions. A must visit while in Napa

Vineyard 29 is amazing. The tour is an exceptional marriage of technology, education and just stunning wine. Austin is exceptional!

Über Impressed.
We had an epic tour led by Jessica and it was truly the highlight of our Napa trip. AMAZING wines and although not typically a fan of Sauvignon Blanc it was my favoirte wine of the day.
The wine production room and barrel caves were immaculate. The barrel storage room which lines the walk way to the library has a grand entrance (beautiful wooden door) and doubles as space to host events. Truly amazing. I’m glad that this was the first winery that we visited during our trip. Our palates were clean, we were parched and excited to learn about this fairly new winery (they have been harvesting grapes for esveral years but the actual winery was built in 2002).
Pardon my word choice but one word comes to mind when I think of Vineyard 29.
Aroused.
This simple yet eclectic atmosphere was mysterious and inviting. The floor that the barrels line was a medium brick almost rust hue alongside the slightly dimmed lighting was very sensual. You know when you are on the brink of developing goosebumps but not quite? Well the temperature controlled rooms kept us chilly as we walked up and down the aisles yet the barrel tasting kept us warm. Although a couple of the wines we tried were still young (not going to be bottled for another year or so) like the winery itself the wines were well balanced yet somehow bold in making a lasting impression. We finished our tour in the lab which consisted of test tubes, a white board and a few sinks reminding us of high school Chemistry… our group hit with nostalgia had a few of us raising our hands with questions. We were eager to learn more about the wines and the amazing space that we had just experience. This winery simply aroused all our senses.
Thank you Jessica!
(Tours by Appt. Only & Not Open to Public)

Got lucky enough to have some friends invite me to join them in tasting this amazing wine. Daniel was extreme gracious and knowledgeable.
The wine is in a class all its own. If you are into Silver Oak, Stags Leap Cask 23, Groth Reserve, or Rubicon Estate this wine will blow your mind.
The tour and tasting runs about two hours and is worth every minute. I have only one suggestion. Do this winery on its own in a day. The reason being? All other wine you taste will pale in comparison. This is the case where you truly get what you pay for.

Had a little tour by a friend. Beautiful and very CLEAN winery. Excellent, masculine and intense wines. Awesome.

Up in Napa Saturday, a few friends and I had the great pleasure of getting a full tour and tasting at Vineyard 29. Coming from across the street at Revana (
) tasting some of Heidi Barrett’s recent releases (Amuse Bouche, La Sirena, Revana, Barbour), I wasn’t sure what to expect. This is some of the best wine you can find in Napa. Walking into the «estate», (it’s actually more of a high tech elegant fortress of wine), you are welcomed by a magnificent door that opens up into the winemaking facility.
For all you wine dorks, this is heaven. Owner Chuck McMinn, utilizing his high tech background, has invested in a winemaking process that is a brilliant blend of new world and old world wine technology. The facility is gravity fed to create a gentle crush and minimize imperfections. From the pick to the cellar you rarely see such care and precision in winemaking.
The caves below the facility venture into the mountain and span 17,000sq ft. At the back end of the cave (see pics) is a large wine library room where you can host a large dinner or taste the great wines of Vineyard 29.
Daniel Ha, the hospitality director, generously guided us through six of their finest releases. These are not your ordinary Napa wines. Each wine reflects different characteristics of varietal and terroir. The Aida Vineyard 29 Red Wine transcends it Napa birth and evokes the Rhone Valley. The 2003 Zinfandel was the best Zin I’ve had to date and I’ve come away from ZinFest several years with black gums.
So here’s the bad news. The list has a 2 year wait, and if you’re not a list member, you’re not allowed in. Vineyard 29 is closed to the public due to their extremely limited releases. This makes for a perfectly quiet tour and tasting. So find a friend who is a member, because this is how you do Napa.