Merryvale Vineyards www.merryvale.com

Wine & Spirits' 2005 Buying Guide features the top 100 wineries of year, with Merryvale receiving the
award for the seventh time!

Highlights from the Wine & Spirits' 2005 Buying Guide:

Guided by our experienced team of winemakers, what Merryvale does is fashion, at every level, wines that reveal solid, varietally true fruit character, lush and approachable; wines that unabashedly play to the ripe generosity of Napa Valley fruit. And what great fruit Merryvale has to work with - the winery has long term contracts with some of the best vineyard sites in Napa Valley, places like Beckstoffer.s Vineyard X and Georges III for cabernet, or Las Amigas (also owned by Beckstoffer) and Showket for Merlot. Now add to that the recent purchase of the Stanly Ranch property, future home of their second winery, with vineyards there almost doubling Merryvale's estate production, and you have a Napa Valley wine producer with pretty impressive viticultural reach.

Founded: 1983
Owners: The Schlatter family
Known for: True expressions of exceptional vineyard sites
Location: St. Helena