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St. Helena profile  image by Steven Gordon

Napa artist Steven Gordon depicts the St. Helena AVA with his pastel of Joseph Phelps Vineyards.
Image courtesy The Gordon Gallery

St. Helena ~ Napa Valley (AVA)

Kicking the 'Dust' off Cabernet

It’s simply a ‘St. Helena Thing’.

by Alan Goldfarb
December 7, 2007

In the 12th part of APPELLATION AMERICA's The Napa Valley Series , Alan Goldfarb explores what makes the St. Helena AVA unique among the other Napa sub-AVAs. Finding the answers means dusting off some century-old history and modern day assumptions.


DropCap T here’s a lot of wine history in and around the small town of St. Helena, which many consider to be the fulcrum of the Napa Valley. Two of the Big Four – Beringer Vineyards and Charles Krug Winery – were among the earliest and most important wineries (along with Rutherford properties Beaulieu and Inglenook) to be founded on the northern outskirts of town. While later, in the early to mid-20th century, there was Louis M. Martini Winery and Sutter Home Winery.

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