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Auryo make playlist6/22/2023 ![]() Some of their wines are barrel aged up to 24 months. They use a variety of different oak for aging the wines their Bordeaux varietals see only French oak and the Petite Sirah and Zinfandel are aged partly in American oak. ![]() The focus of their production is nearly entirely on red wines – but they do make one white wine each year – a Chardonnay. And if that is too much trouble, you can certainly leave this decision to the winery. ![]() You decide which wines you would like shipped each year. This is one of the few Napa wineries that have successfully built a wine club around futures.Īnd their Standing Orders Club is not a rigid wine club where the winery chooses which wines are sent to you – rather membership in this club can be highly customized. Capitalizing on this demand, the winery began selling ‘futures’ allowing guests to put a partial payment on wines from future vintages that had not yet been bottled – with the balance to be paid at the time the wines shipped. Early on, Vincent began noticing guests inquiring about purchasing wines from future vintages that had not yet been bottled. The wines are only sold at the winery or online they do not focus on retail distribution. Matt apprenticed under Vince and today is the head winemaker for Vincent Arroyo. Matt wasn’t sure wine making was going to ultimately be a career choice, but he was quickly hooked by the art of wine making, the lifestyle and by the beauty of the Napa Valley. But it wasn’t until much later that Vince convinced Matt to take a year off from his legal job and learn wine making at Vincent Arroyo. Matt grew up up in Oakdale (near Modesto, California) and actually worked for Gallo Winery while in high school. While practicing law, perhaps wine making was not yet in Matt’s realm of possible career paths. Matt and Adrian met in law school at the University of Pacific in Stockton, California. His daughter Adrian and her husband Matt Moye are now the owners of Vincent Arroyo. These wines are housed in a separate winery across the street from Vincent Arroyo. While Vince is no longer actively involved, after retiring from Vincent Arroyo he started another brand called Otra Vez meaning ‘another time’ in Spanish. All of their red grapes come from their estate vineyards. Vincent Arroyo has grown from 23 acres at the time of Vince’s initial purchase to currently 75 acres (of which about 65 are under vine) and just a few hundred cases produced annually to about 8000 cases today. He removed many of the older vines and prune trees and replanted to various grape varietals today they continue to selectively pull out the older vines (their older vines are still head pruned while their new vines are all trellised). When he purchased the property there was much work to be done – prunes still grew on site (orchards of prunes and walnuts used to be plentiful in the Napa Valley) as well as older grapevines and a bunch of relics lying around from previous owners. He moved here in 1972 (what is called the Greenwood Ranch) and for 10 years sold grapes to the Napa Co-op in St. While thumbing through the San Francisco Chronicle in the early 1970’s Vincent discovered a property for sale north of Calistoga. His first commercial release was from the 1984 vintage. He was attracted to the farming aspect of the business and eventually became his own winemaker (without formal training). The winery was founded by Vincent Arroyo, a former mechanical engineer from Silicon Valley who was looking for a more “rural” lifestyle. Since the nearby Greenwood Bridge was closed after an earthquake in 2014 – visitors must reach the winery from the Silverado Trail (contrary to what any GPS shows). Vincent Arroyo Family Winery is located north of Calistoga off of Silverado Trail on tiny Greenwood Ave.
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