Barbour Wines

JIM BARBOUR WAS RAISED ON HIS FAMILY’S RANCH IN RUTHERFORD WHERE HE LEARNED THE LIFE OF FARMING, A PASSION FOR LAND, AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT HARD WORK BREEDS SUCCESS. 

AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS, JIM RETURNED TO NAPA VALLEY TO BEGIN A CAREER THAT WOULD LEAD HIM TO BECOME ONE OF NAPA VALLEY’S MOST SOUGHT-AFTER VITICULTURISTS.  FOR OVER 40 YEARS, HE HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO HIS CRAFT, PRODUCING PREMIUM WINE GRAPE...

LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF NAPA VALLEY AND FLANKED BY THE MAYACAMAS AND VACA MOUNTAIN RANGES, ITS WIDTH NARROWS TO AS LITTLE AS A HALF MILE.

BARBOUR VINEYARD IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY, JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF ST. HELENA AND BENEFITS FROM LINGERING WARM AIR REFLECTING OFF THE WESTERN HILLSIDE, TEMPERED BY MILD MARINE WINDS IN THE EVENING. IT’S GRAVELLY AND LOAMY SOILS ARE THE PERFECT ENVIRONMENT FOR GROWING GRAPES WIT...

THE WINEMAKER, CELIA WELCH, IS ONE OF NORTH AMERICA'S MOST HIGHLY REGARDED WINEMAKERS AND HAS EARNED A REPUTATION FOR CRAFTING DISTINCTIVE WINES THAT EXPRESS THE UNIQUE QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH VINEYARD.

AS THE DAUGHTER OF AN AVID WINE COLLECTOR AND HOME WINEMAKER, CELIA WELCH HAD AN EARLY INTRODUCTION TO WINE APPRECIATION AND THE ELEMENTS OF WINEMAKING.    SHE DISCOVERED HER FASCINATION WITH FLAVORS AND AROMAS WHICH INSPIRED H...