Pine Ridge Vineyards, Napa

The fact that it's located in Napa Valley's premier wine-growing appellation of Stag's Leap speaks for itself - but Pine Ridge keeps the area's reputation high with its well thought out tours, great tour guides (we had Jon) and super wine to taste. They actually start outside and do a pretty good job of discussing the vines and the grapes; then into the wine making areas and finally into the storage areas. They have caves! Man-made caves, but still real. The tasting room was dug into the mountain and the presentation was just awesome with both wine and small bites to taste with the wine. We were so impressed we joined the wine club, but that's besides the point. Go just for the tour - it's worth it

Was given the opportunity to attend a business dinner in their wine cave. And what an experience. Really, really good food and the wine was excellent. But what really made my evening was the really lovely atmosphere in the wine cave. You can see a sample of this in the photos provided.

We had a really wonderful experience with Buddy at the Pine Ridge tasting room. He was friendly, entertaining, and gave us some great local recommendations as well. Thanks! We'll be back.

The wine was pretty good but my poor review is based on the way we were treated. The employees did not make it a welcoming experience at all, took them a while to say hello and the person giving us our tasting had no interest in conversation. Maybe if a reservation would have been made or we were 'members' it would have been a different story. But when the employees are making snide comments about other guests who sat on the patio and they didn't think they were 'members' we had no desire to stay there.

Excellent tour. They are really helping to educate people on the process of growing grapes and making wine. This is the way Napa used to be when I first started going - 20 years ago - before the fake castles and bus loads of people who just want to get drunk. First time I have ever had the chance to do a barrel tasting as well. They are not fully organic, but they do practice sustainable viticulture. Really good wines and nice people. Great small production winery.