Founded by Larry Hyde in 1979, Hyde Vineyards is located in the heart of Napa Valley’s Carneros region. Hyde Vineyards has long been hailed a grand cru-caliber site primarily known for its Pinot Noir and Chardonnay fruit, used by some of the most highly acclaimed wine producers in Napa and Sonoma Valleys. In 2009, Larry debuted his own small-lot Pinot Noir project. Today, the Hyde Vineyards Estate Winery looks over the acclaimed vineyards near the Carneros Highway corridor surrounded by 25 acres planted to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The estate features a state-of-the-art production facility and an elegant tasting room where guests are welcomed to by-appointment, seated tastings of estate-grown wines that showcase several varietals made from this unique terroir.
Napa Valley
Perchance Estates
Perchance Estates was born from a serendipitous journey that began with a culinary experience at The French Laundry. Founded in 2019, the winery’s inception was sparked by a chance meeting with acclaimed winemaker Mike Smith. This encounter led to the opportunity to craft wines from the esteemed Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard, renowned for its exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. The name “Perchance” reflects the series of fortuitous events that culminated in establishing this distinctive wine label.
Under the meticulous guidance of Mike Smith, a winemaker celebrated for multiple 100-point scores, Perchance Estates produces wines that exemplify the rich terroir of Napa Valley. Their portfolio includes the inaugural 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon from Georges III Vineyard, noted for its elegant structure and complex aromatics. Each bottle embodies the winery’s commitment to quality and the unique character of its vineyard sources.
KHK
On tasting the jaw-dropping 2023 earlier this year, we collectively decided: “yeah, it’s time to go public…..well, sort of quietly anyway….” A pristine Yountville vineyard, created by three old friends and partners with vast and deep wells of fine food and wine careers, and a mission to make a seriously elevated, yet wildly accessible 100% Napa Cabernet. It CAN be done, good people, it CAN. Well, a few hundred cases anyway!
Our semi-inaugural 2023 Napa (past vintages were previously only sold through a handful of our restaurants around the country) shimmers in a style that rocks with burgers to bourguignon, thanks to the talented Thomas Rivers Brown (yes, we DO have a lot of Keller’s and Thomas’ at our table!)
“The fact is, Napa Valley wine is expensive to make, but what KHK have imagined with their terroir, lifetime experiences and feet-firmly-rooted-in-reality philosophy is, for me, a rare opportunity to make an extremely high-quality, classic Napa Cab that is absolutely within reach. I’m thrilled to be creating it with them.” – Thomas Rivers Brown, Winemaker
If you’ve just found us, well, hello and welcome to a VERY small, wildly devoted tribe. Not just the good people who collect/drink (well, mostly drink) our wine, but those of us who make it. Here’s our story in a nutshell, with plenty more detail below. But quickly: the core of our philosophy.
It’s almost a trope in the wine business (of which we’ve been in for several generations) that the wines you remember most vividly are actually formed around the occasions of drinking them. Circumstance is everything. “There are no great wines – only great bottles” as the saying goes, and damn if it isn’t true. That’s why that $8 carafe of Chianti you had in Tuscany at that one osteria, or the $10 glass of Chablis at L’Assiette in Paris is JUST as burned into your cortex as that mind-bending 1989 Chateau Haut-Brion you had at that once-in-a-lifetime French Laundry experience. It’s an extremely pleasurable and satisfying mini-brainstorm that locks the moment in your cells and heart forever (probably why we’re always chasing it!). These disparate wine experiences arrive at the same point: formative, thrilling, breathtaking even, but always unforgettable. Our Cabernet might tumble your soul, set your skin a-tingle, or it might just be the perfect companion to glide through a quiet (or, hell, raucous) Friday night at home. That’s how we drink it, envisioned it, and priced it(!), so we’re extremely grateful and kids-on-Christmas-morning stoked to offer (more or less for the first time outside of our restaurants and friends/family) a few cases (finally!) to you. Here is some data points:
KHK is a vineyard partnership and a tribute to longtime friendships between fourth-generation Napan Jim Keller; Thomas Keller (no relation), who lends his chef’s palate and guidance; and the Hall family, of Hall’s Chophouse fame. We all share deep roots in wine, food, and memorable experiences—and our vision for the perfect, everyday Cabernet has come together.
Staying true to our homegrown Yountville roots, we source primarily from a unfortunately-shall-have-to-go-nameless vineyard (lawyers, you know), meticulously farmed by the legendary Bettinelli family. Our Cabernet is augmented by another vineyard extremely close to us, the vaunted Shifflett vineyard carefully and beautifully nestled in between Yountville AVA and Oak Knoll District AVA, just south of Yountville.
Winemaker: Thomas Rivers Brown. Thomas brings decades of much-admired excellence to the raw material, but he also brings his sensibility and passion for the wines of Burgundy, Barolo and beyond (indeed he is a blast to drink with!). Thomas is driven to create a wine that has broad appeal and that is EVERYTHING to us.
Our KHK Cabernet is priced at $79—not $250 or $450—because we believe great wine can be accessible without compromising quality. We wanted to create a bottle that fits naturally at the table while still meeting the highest standards.
For years, our wines were only sold in top-tier restaurants across the country, crafted by Thomas to specifically to hit that emotional and pricing sweet spot for people of every stripe. In 2023, we were incredibly fortunate to have not only head-spinning quality, but a bit more yield, too. It’s the finest we’ve made yet and we decided to share a bit of it going forward. You’ll dig it, promise.
Lastly, but possibly most importantly, we’re all about food, so we make a wine with BALANCE, harmony, complexity, generosity, length and warmth. A wine to drink effortlessly with abandon, or to drink with attention and intent. That’s the holy grail for us.
Benevolent Neglect
At Benevolent Neglect travel from Central to Northern California, coast to mountains, to find vineyards that express their own unique terroirs and make truly standout wines. Every site we work with has a quality to it seen nowhere else. From the limestone bedrock and magic of Enz to the carefully considering experimental plantings at Alder Springs, we ignore distance in search of perfection.
Page River
Sourced from vineyards in the Napa Valley that are in the proximity of some famous
historic vineyards, allowed us to have an incredible base for our Cabernet Sauvignon.
Every component coming into the blend has loaded the wine with character, finesse, and power, revealing what has made Napa Valley a world-class Cabernet Sauvignon region.
DARM
Darms Lane is a family owned and operated winery committed to delivering quality wines from the Napa Valley and recently the Russian River Valley. It was established in the Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley in 1983 as a Chardonnay estate and was known as Crichton Hall Vineyard.
The estate was acquired in its totality in 2002 and the 14 acres of original Chardonnay vines were replaced by the Bordeaux varietals of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. In 2005, the first estate grown Darms Lane Cabernet Sauvignon was produced. Today, Darms Lane produces around 3,000 cases combined every year.