The origins of Carter Cellars began in the mid 1980’s when the historic Carter House Victorian was built. When this small bed and breakfast became too popular for the crowd from the cities up and down the west coast the Hotel Carter was added and a restaurant (the highly regarded Restaurant 301) was needed for the guests. For the guests at the restaurant Mark Carter began compiling what has become (since 1998) a Wine Spectator Grand Award wi...
Carter Cellars currently sources grapes from multiple blocks in four exceptional vineyards in Napa Valley: Beckstoffer's famous To Kalon vineyard in Oakville; Hossfeld's Coliseum Block, a small, steep vineyard in Soda Canyon on the east side of Napa Valley; Turnbull's prized Weitz Vineyard on the Oakville Bench; and Beckstoffer's Las Piedras vineyard in the St Helena AVA.
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Carter Cellars’ winemaking begins with the simple idea of matching the best grapes from world-renowned vineyard sources with the unmistakable "purist" talents of our winemaker, Mike Smith. Mike started his winemaking journey under the tutelage of Thomas Brown at Schrader Cellars in 2001. Traveling from Portland Oregon, Mike worked each crush "free of charge" to learn the craft. Following his third harvest, Mike accepted a full-time assistant p...
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