Porter Family Vineyards Gift Certificate
Private Tasting for Four (4) Guests

A private tour for FOUR of our vineyard and 17,000 square foot wine cave, followed by a seated tasting of Porter Family Vineyards wines including a cheese selection to accompany your tasting!

Our Story starts five million years ago when a small sandpiper wandered along the shore, seeing a world we will never know. The tiny tracks the sandpiper left behind were covered with sediment and fossilized by the geological forces that created what is now the Porter Family Vineyards in the Coombsville region of Napa Valley. From our hillside vineyards and underground winery, our family makes small amounts of beautifully hand-crafted wines -- each one carrying the unique signature of this place. We retain the fossilized footprints of the sandpiper found on our property as a reminder of the incredible history of our winegrowing site, as we turn our heads to the future and the latest in winemaking arts to craft our special wines.

Winery in the Cave In the center of the vineyard lies a prominent hill. Within the walls of that hill, fifty feet underground, lies our 17,000 square foot winery. Vines still stand on and around the hill—the only clue to the winery’s existence are two entrances that come up and out at two ends. It is here, in-cave, and on the adjacent gravity-flow crush pad, that we carefully craft our wines.

Unparalleled control systems monitor and adjust environmental conditions, control fermentation temperatures, and provide immediate access to winery operations data. However sophisticated these systems may be, they cannot take the place of the human mind and senses. Amidst the high tech atmosphere, our wines are given the artisanal touch of fermentation in small, 2-ton batches, and individually tasted at all stages of winemaking.

The high tech numbers can tell us many things about our wine, but only our human organoleptic senses can tell us how the fruit from our hillsides tastes. We rely on that first and foremost. Then we learn by looking at the numbers.

Call us either smart craftspeople or artisan scientists—we’re happy with the distinction either way.

Learn more about Porter Family Vineyards.

By appointment, Gift certificate expires in March 2026.