9 Best NAPA VALLEY Wineries to Visit (2025)

John Jackson, DipWSET a/k/a Attorney Somm identifies and discusses 9 of the best wineries to visit in Napa Valley.

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars:
Mayacamas:
Del Dotto:
Domaine Carneros:
Opus One:
Raymond Vineyards:
Sterling:
Theorem:
Castello di Amorosa:

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[gustavomgomes]

To answer your question: I highly recommend a visit to Phelps, that has a beautiful property. For those who like full body cabernets and opulent Chardonnays, I recommend Bremer Family, that’s is also in the Howell mountain region ! For those with children, I recommend Frogs leap, cause tegy allow they to circulate in the vineyards while you do a tasting . And the library wines are wonderful! Cheers !

[scottcrosby]

Enjoyable video. A favorite for my wife and me is Adamvs on Howell Mountain. We love their wines, but also the unique architecture of the tasting room and the tour of the property, including feeding a carrot to one of the donkeys, was a memorable experience standing out from the others. Their cabs are delicious with the very lovely tannins and complexity, but the Sauvignon Blanc really stands out as one of the best whites I’ve had from Napa Valley.

[vinavecmargaux]

You clearly have the pulse of your subscribers, John. And you seem to have the ability to predict what wine enthusiasts would benefit from and be most interested in. This is a classic example, in my opinion. I’m certainly taking down notes and saving this video for future reference. With this list of 9 of the best wineries to visit in Napa Valley, I know I will have the best time in this amazing wine region. As I always say, no other wine expert knows Napa Valley like you do. Thank you for this well-curated Napa Valley guide, and congratulations on your excellent video. Cheers and Happy Easter, John!

[eiselek]

Mayacamas is a great experience and their wines are excellent

[ptg]

Great list of wineries ! My most memorable experiences are visiting smaller, mom and pop, winery where you get to actually meet with and taste with the proprietor or winemaker

[meta]

I would definitely check out Kenzo. The mountain drive was incredible and they have a great story. I got one of the best education experiences of any winery in Napa.

[curvetrcalinga]

I like Chapellet in Pritchard hill east side of Napa. Their 2013 and 2016 is one of the best rivaling the most expensive ones there from Bond/Promontory/Harlan and it’s priced not bad. I also recommend Corison in St Helena, Cardinale, Shafer(hill side select), Spotswood, Araujo, Seven Apart(Andy Erickson’s gig), and Amuse Bouche(Heidi Barrett’s gig). Andy Erickson and Heidi Barrette are former screaming Eagle wine makers and their wines are always good.

[andrewwebster]

Fun video, and great ideas. I’d love more for other regions. It would also be helpful to understand some of the costs associated with experiences like this.

[markbonasera]

Hi John, my personal favorite in Napa valley is Seavey Vineyard near the foot of Howell mountain. Great wines from a small family owned winery

[georgeschlaline]

Hey Napa valley is the most beautiful valley in the world
If you ask me It's stunning it's stunning

[NapaVintners]

Great insight as usual! Very good info, John! Thanks for sharing.

[meta]

I would also put Quintessa up with Opus for views and interesting tasting. We did barrel tastings of different wines from the property before blending. Was very interesting.
The Faust Haus is also a cool place with great wine.

[danielrd]

My wife and I spent a week in Napa last week. We visited Rombauer, Joseph Phelps, Merryvale, Frank Family and Markham. Rombauer was our personal favorite based on the wines and the views. It was also the cheapest tasting. Joseph Phelps was the most expensive, and I wasn't overly impressed with their wines except for their sparkling wine.

Our hotel comped the tastings for Frank Family, Merryvale and Markham. Markham had the most interesting wines and ones that I could actually discern the difference in taste, unlike Merryvale and Frank Family. Markham also has an all-female wine team, which makes them almost unique in Napa.

I wish I had seen this video before we took the trip; I definitely would've switched out Phelps for Mayacamas or Stag's Leap. Otherwise, these tastings are absurdly expensive and almost an affront. But it's breathtaking the amount of capital being invested in the valley based on the quality of the tasting rooms!

[rjlang]

Awesome list, John. Totally agree on Mayacamas. Quintessa, Faust, Clos du Val and Nickel & Nickel are fun spots as well.

Also both Silver Oak locations (Napa and Healdsburg) allow infants under 1 and are really great to visit.

[par]

Mi Sueno is a must visit place in Napa. Their wines are outstanding.

[dougronald]

Funny you and I were just talking about visiting the Mayacamas tasting room versus the main winery on the comments of a previous video. I booked my visit to go to the main winery after you said it was worth it.

[lupinejuncus]

Last February for my birthday, our daughter arranged for a wine tasting at Faust Winery in St. Helena. They offered several excellent wines including a Cab blend that I really liked. They are located in an old house high on a hill where St. Clement winery existed previously. A wonderful winery to visit! You can also walk through their grounds within a forested hillside.

[KennyKim]

Thanks for sharing. I would like to see you do a video (if you haven't done so already) on a smaller hidden wineries in Napa - the ones you mention are already well known places.

[CastellodiAmorosa]

Great video! Thank you for including the Castello. Cheers!

[westgarthwines]

Napa Valley is great! Thanks for sharing.