Following months of industry rumors and speculation, the owners of Calistoga’s Chateau Montelena Winery have sold their respected 40,000-case operation to a revered second-growth Bordeaux wine estate, ...

Join Master Winemaker Bo Barrett for a spectacular dinner at The Oak Room Restaurant in The Westin ST. Francis. Guests will indulge in a four-course dinner expertly paired with a special selection of ...

The Chateau Montelena winery may soon be noted for more than being the winery that created the best chardonnay in Paris in 1976. It could become listed in the National Registry of Historic Places.

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Freedman covers wine, spirits, food, and travel. There are a handful of Napa Valley producers that have achieved legendary ...

Chateau Montelena, one of the two Napa wineries that shocked the wine world in 1976, is being sold to a wealthy French vintner. Michel Reybier, the owner of the Bordeaux chateau Cos d?Estournel and ...

The Napa Valley continues to reimagine itself 170 years after vines were first planted in its hallowed ground. Many historic estates have contributed to the prowess and reputation in wine circles ...

Chateau Montelena's actual chateau was built in 1882 and once was called Tubbs Wine Cellar after its founder, Alfred Tubbs. But Montelena really didn't mean much of anything to anyone until its 1973 ...

Having last had a sit-down, one-on-one dinner with a winemaker in early March 2020, I was giddy with excitement when I saw the email invitation to dine with winemaker Matt Crafton. Given the long and ...

“Old world style, new world fruit” is an axiom used to describe Montelena’s Estate cabs as they generally are a little lighter on alcohol than some of their Napa brethren. Though still a child, this ...

There are wine dinners, then there are Wine Dinners. The premise of most wine dinners, of course, is for a restaurant to introduce the uninitiated to the balance of food and wine. Usually the chef ...