Checkerboard Vineyards

Checkerboard Vineyards is located on the southeast facing slope of Diamond Mountain in Napa Valley. The estate includes a winery, cave and four vineyard sites, joined by a two-and-one-half mile drive spanning the valley floor to the top of the ridge. This dramatic setting is the inspiration for the distinctive, exceptional wines of Checkerboard Vineyards. The estate has four vineyards sites of different elevation, exposure and soil composition...

Careful planning, intended decisions and focused execution led to the creation of their 300-acre Estate and its portfolio of small-lot Cabernet Sauvignon-driven wines. Checkerboard Vineyards is home to animals rescued by Dennis and Steph. Angie, our Angus cow, discovered us several years ago as a calf living feral in our woods.  Unbranded and accidentally separated from her mother and herd, she gradually introduced herself to us and now lives ...

Farming practices at Checkerboard Vineyards are based on long-term sustainability and includes water conservation and monitoring, permanent cover crops planted in alternating rows to reduce erosion and sediment runoff, protection of our habitat along Nash Creek, and the use of entomology for pest control and to create soils with more organic matter and better microbiology. Checkerboard Vineyards is a member of the Fish Friendly Farming certifi...