Wine Tasting

February 27th, 2015

Frank Family  and Amizetta Wines

March 6th, 2015

Stewart Cellars

In 1999 Michael Stewart sold his Houston-based computer business and moved to the Napa Valley with the dream of making great wine. He launched Stewart Cellars and hired the celebrated consulting winemaker Paul Hobbs with the mission to create a super-premium Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Soon after, Michael’s son, James, spotted an opportunity: to use the unsold grapes from his dad’s vineyard to create a line of lower-priced wines aimed at youthful consumers. And so Slingshot was born. In James’s eyes, this is a brand young at heart with attitude and swagger. Try both Stewart brands at this unique wine tasting event here at A Hidden Vine.

March 13th, 2015

B Cellars

Owner Jim Borsack will be here at A Hidden Vine to pour his Napa Valley Wines!

When B Cellars’ founder Jim Borsack first encountered his partner Duffy Keys at a fourth of July barbeque in 2002, both executives were exploring new life paths in the wine business. Over a drop of the good stuff, of course, their journeys became intertwined when they discovered that they not only shared the same tastes in wine but were also on parallel missions to acquire vineyard property.

In the spring of 2003, they scrapped their solo endeavors, formed B Cellars, and got serious about structuring a first-rate wine company predicated upon two absolute principles: first, to produce exceptional artisan wines, season after season, by employing a multi-vineyard strategy, and second, to develop distinct flavors by blending wines from mutually complementary varietals.

Not long after they met the third key player, Kirk Venge named “One of the Top 20 New Winemakers in the World” by Food & Wine Magazine (October 2005). Kirk brought with him a 37 year winemaking legacy via his father, Nils, and a keen understanding of the Napa appellation. A bond was established almost immediately. “With Kirk’s passion for great wine, first-hand knowledge and commitment to excellence, it quickly became apparent that he was the ideal winemaker for B Cellars,” said Jim.

All team members were in concert with the idea of blending the finest red wines from the Napa Valley Appellation, and Kirk was given the mandate to create three proprietary blends of consummate quality from year to year.

The B Cellars name and logo stand for a commitment to seasonless excellence. The letter ‘b’ and the degree symbol º refer to BRIX, a wine term which defines the optimal sugar/alcohol content in grape juice that indicates the potential for greatness.