Casa Nuestra

Casa Nuestra is a Spanish name meaning “our house.” The name was originally given to the property by our predecessor, Tom Blackburn. He intended to use Casa Nuestra as a trade name for a commercial kennel of golden retrievers. The sign “Casa Nuestra” was proudly hanging on the Silverado Trail when we first came to look in 1975. Tom loved the Mexican-Spanish heritage of California, so he called his home Casa Nuestra, and he named the vineyard L...

The story of Casa Nuestra began even earlier than 1975. It began in 1955, when the Happy Farmer’s mother, Ellis Kirkham, fell in love with the Oakville countryside and purchased the Oakville Farmhouse Vineyard intending to use it as a summer refuge from foggy San Francisco. At the time vineyards in Oakville were a rarity and some famous vineyards which now surround it – such as Martha’s Vineyard, Far Niente, Screaming Eagle and Harlan, were pl...