Winery Info/Brand
The first NAPA vintage was in 2008, also known as World's End. They make 1,200 cases of prime wine from three Single Vineyards using mainly Andy Beckstoffer fruit. In 2009, these wine were underpinned Napa Valley Reserve wine. These are all vineyard designated blocks from both mountain and valley ridge terroir. The wine tend to be completely influenced by their experiences as 'garagistes' during the 90's in Saint Emilion. The winemakers are Jonathan Maltus, Neil Whyte, and with input from Gilles Pauquet, who also works with Chateau Cheval Blanc, Canon, Figeac, etc.
Region Info/Origin
Napa County is a county located north of San Pablo Bay in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 136,484.[4] The county seat is the City of Napa.[5] Napa County was one of the original counties of California,[6] created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county's territory were given to Lake County in 1861.Napa County comprises the Napa, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is one of four North Bay counties Napa County, once the producer of many different crops, is known today for its regional wine industry, rising to the first rank of wine regions with France by local wineries Stag's Leap Wine Cellars and Chateau Montelena winning the "Judgment of Paris" in 1976.