This underground project marks the winery’s 140th anniversary. 

 

Hi Friend,

Our underground building experts are in the process of excavating a wine cave expansion at Francis Ford Coppola’s historic Inglenook. This underground project marks the winery’s 140th anniversary and will accommodate the addition of 122 stainless steel fermenting tanks, each dedicated to one of Inglenook’s 122 vineyard parcels. The new cave expansion is expected to be completed in time for the 2020 harvest.

Did you know? Founded in 1879 by Gustave Niebaum as Napa’s first estate winery, Inglenook boasts an illustrious heritage, a renowned legacy of innovation and an outstanding portfolio of award-winning wines that have defined and established Napa as a world-class wine region. From Gustave Niebaum to John Daniel, Jr. to Francis Ford Coppola, Inglenook’s three principal stewards have shared a strong sense of vision and an unwavering passion to create a wine estate that hearkens back to the European tradition, producing original, distinctly Napa wines that rival the best in Europe. It remains the largest contiguous estate on the famed Rutherford Bench, Napa Valley’s finest area for producing spectacular Cabernet Sauvignon.

If you want to learn more about going underground, please visit our website or contact me at rickshone@nordby.net. 

Rick Shone, President of Nordby Wine Caves