Staglin Family Vineyard

Staglin Festival for Brain Health raises $5.6 million

The Staglin Family celebrated advances in science and a new financial milestone at the 22nd annual Music Festival for Brain Health on Sept. 17 in the Napa Valley. This year’s efforts raised $5.6 million to benefit the IMHRO/One Mind Institute and One Mind.

The Staglin family and the One Mind board announced that the 22-year cumulative total, including direct contributions to One Mind,...

In 1868, 47 year-old John Steckter, and his wife Mary E. Harris Steckter, purchased a 367 acre parcel for $34 an acre from Serranus Clinton Hastings, one of the wealthiest pioneers and capitalists of early California. They cleared the land and built a large wood frame residence and several barns on their new farm where they propagated 60 acres of grapes surrounding the home dedicating the remaining acreage for cattle and wheat. In 1877 a local...

Situated at the base of the western slopes of Mount St. John, the tallest mountain in the Mayacamas Range, this sixty-one acre property is located in an alluvial fan containing rich volcanic soils.  With ideal soils, microclimate and location, the estate's potential was recognized by some of the first Napa Valley settlers and was planted to vineyards in the mid 1860's.  Today the property is home to the Staglins, fifty-one acres of vines, an u...

Situated under a steep hillside overlooking the vines, the winery's underground construction minimizes its impact on the local ecosystem. The old oak trees on the hillside are unharmed by the caves deep beneath them. These modern caves provide naturally gentle storage conditions with a cool constant temperature and mild humidity. We use less electricity to cool the winery and lose less wine to evaporation.

The spacious facility allows ...

In 1992 famed enologist Andre Tchelistcheff told us, "Listen to the vines -- they will tell you what to do." This wise counsel is and will continue to be the most important element in our goal of making the best wine possible from our estate. Our winemaker, Fredrik Johansson, works closely with vineyard manager, David Abreu, to carefully farm the land and coax optimal ripeness, complexity and intensity from the vines with each harvest.