Ladera Vineyards www.laderavineyards.com

Family owned and operated by proprietors Anna and Pat Stotesberry, the Ladera story is a tale of two vineyards, almost at opposite ends of the Napa Valley. Their terrains and their histories are very different. Lone Canyon Vineyard on the flank of Mt. Veeder ranges in altitude up to 1,100 feet; some areas are so rugged and steep it's difficult to stand upright. Ladera's Howell Mountain property ranges in altitude from 1,600 feet to 1,800 feet: a gently rolling terrain, but set on a broad ridge of the mountain high above the Napa Valley floor.

Both vineyards produce the distinctly intense fruit of well-drained hillside and mountain vineyards. Ladera is fortunate to own two exceptional yet very different Napa Valley vineyards. Each gives us its own variation of powerful, intense mountain fruit. Winemaking at Ladera is like being the parents of two extremely bright, talented, and dissimilar children: our job is to bring out their best qualities and prepare them to go out into the world.