Thanks for visiting PRIME Napa Valley wines!

Why PRIME?

prime   [prahym]
adj.
           1. first in excellence, quality, or value: a prime example
           2. of the greatest relevance or significance: a prime artifact
           3. of the greatest commercial value: prime real estate

  After working with grapes from all over California, PRIME's winemaker, Ted Henry, launched PRIME Cellars with the 2005 vintage to focus on a prime piece of Napa Valley called Coombsville.  With its cooler temperatures and unique flavor and acid profile, Coombsville was approved as Napa Valley's newest AVA in 2012.

Ted remains the winemaker at Napa Valley's Jarvis Estate and has been making wine in Napa Valley since his graduation from UC Davis' winemaking program in 1999.  PRIME wines are extremely limited with production levels of approximately 700 cases annually.

Visit our tasting room in Downtown Napa

974 Franklin St. Napa CA 94559

Reflections from the front window

OPEN!
Please visit us at our new tasting room at 974 Franklin St. in Downtown napa.  We are right across from Oenotri and Norman Rose restaurants as well as the new Andaz hotel.  We're here daily from noon to 6pm, we would love to see you.

2012 Growing season is underway in Napa

Harvest is still a long way off but this is where it all starts. The vines are starting to come to life after a winter of dormancy.  The buds at this point are very sensitive to extreme cold temperatures.  Here you see the newly active buds covered in ice from a sprinkler system.  Ironically, the ice warms the buds to protect them from getting below 30 degrees where they will be killed off.

Mystery: District 4 Cab, Oxbow and the man with the accent

I was passing by the Oxbow wine merchant a few days ago and noticed our District 4 Cabernet was unfortunately missing from the shelves.   I'm thinking, Great, how long have they been out? On a seemingly unrelated note I got a call from an East Coast Prime fan (with a terrific accent) that was on vacation in Napa and was looking for the wine.  Turns out after I missed his call he stopped by the Oxbow in Napa for lunch and by chance saw the District 4 and bought all they had in stock.

All the pieces came together the next day when a 2 case order came in from the wine merchant and the customer let me know he found what he was looking for.  Mystery solved, time for a glass of wine.

Dining in ATL just got better

I've spent a fair amount of time in Atlanta's ATL airport.  Partly because I'm partial to Delta and end up there on connecting flights and partly because I really like Atlanta and its food/wine scene.  I often wander around the airport looking at the food options, riding the train to other terminals hoping for better fare than a TGI Fridays.  Other than the fairly cool piano lounge in terminal E the One Flew South  Sushi meets Southern cooking restaurant is the best I have seen in an airport.  Perhaps it is also the most expensive but sometimes it is worth the cost if you are captive for hours with a delayed flight.

Brian Hannigan was kind enough to send a photo to PRIME of his family enjoying a bottle of PRIME at One Flew South the other day and I wanted to post it here.  That's Susan on the left and Melissa on the right.  I can't tell you how excited I was to receive this picture of a group in an airport across the country enjoying my wine.  Its amazing to see where the few hundred cases of PRIME I make end up!

The Holiday Pack is Back!!!

Back by popular demand is our 6 bottle holiday pack at a 

super discount (25% off) with ground shipping included! 

Also check out our other holiday offers and 

the New Release of the 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon District 4. 

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2009 Chardonnay is now AVAILABLE!

On the one hand, Summer "time" has ended. School has started for the kids which means fewer carefree late nights and shorter daytime adventures. On the other hand, we just started getting our Summer weather! Dinner is finally being eaten outside, swimming is much more appealing now and the grapes on the vines are starting verasion (to change color).

With the change of the season, the Chardonnay moves on to a new vintage! We sold the last of the 2008 and now we are ready to present our 2009 PRIME Chardonnay, Napa Valley. 

You will find that this vintage of Chardonnay is quite similar to last year. Same great Coombsville Vineyard and same effort in creating a subtle blend of fruit and oak (think French).  This is very crisp and fresh for a Napa Valley Chardonnay and we hope you will give it a try.

$24/bottle

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Now lets sweeten the deal. To celebrate the release of this new wine, we are offering a 4-pack for $80.

4 bottles for $80 (plus shipping and tax)
Offer available through September 2011Order Now