VIADER Vineyards and Winery

“Viader is a small family winery on Howell Mountain. Jenny was our host for our trip back during Columbus Day weekend. She was very friendly and knowledgeable about the wine she was serving and the property it came from. Estate grown fruit so all the wine we got to taste was incredible. Tasting room overlooks their vineyards so you will have a great view the whole time and a nice tour of their underground cave. It is definitely worth a visit!”

“Jenny at Viader was absolutely amazing. She made us feel extremely special, as we had just gotten engaged the day before. I'm sure any wine would have tasted good in the moment, but Viader tasted EXCEPTIONAL. So excited to enjoy the bottles we took home. The views are beautiful on the property and it is such a cool and unique place to visit. Can't wait to go back!”

“We tasted here way back in 2012 shortly before opening up our boutique wine tour company, PF WineTours, as we wanted to learn as much as we could while getting the licenses, permits, legal, etc. In order to start doing tours and they definitely made my list (only 1 in 3 wineries make my list, on average, where I will then take the t8me to write a blurb up on them to send out with itineraries) and I was taking clients there for few years on a very regular basis and they always loved it but as I made new discoveries to take people to, I unfortunately let these guys slip down the list and years went by without bringing clients here. A/O Spring 2021, I have started coming here again and clients have been loving the experience, wines and views like crazy! Viader Winery was founded by a WOMAN: Diana Viader back in the 1980s in a world that is still very male dominated, much worse in the early 80s! Diana is also the CEO, the original winemaker (as it should be since human FEMALES generally have much better palates than men amd make better winakers [ think Heidi Barrett, the female winemaker who is the reason for SCREAMING EAGLE to get consistent ratings of 100 points year after year making them.one of Napa's most famous and serious cult wineries). DIANA VIADER is also the current co-winemaker together with her son, Alan Viader. The Viader Wine, a CabSauv/CabFranc blend (2nd on tasting list) truly lives up to it's nickname Liquid Cashmere. The $100 fee is kinda ridiculous and may make you think they are pretentious but NOPE! NOT at all, they really are not! They do have a quite decent fee waiver policy: each 3 bottle buy waives one fee, ..Cool story, too: FEMALE (and now her son as well makes wine) winemaker, FEMALE founder and FEMALE CEO, this is truly a family run business AND it is just gorgeous up there on Howell Mountain looking down on Lake Hennessey!”

“Beautiful location, wonderful people and wonderful wine. Would highly recommend to anyone visiting Napa who enjoys smaller wineries and red wine. Very personal experience.”

“The view.......WOW!! This place was extremely nice. We visited here last week for our 15th anniversary. We were the only ones there and we felt like kings. We tasted some wines and then took a tour of the property and caves. Then visited the wine making process. Then we went back to the patio and tasted more wines. The wines were very good.”