The last five years have been a challenge for the Napa Valley wine world. From devastating fires in 2017 and 2020 to droughts, the COVID pandemic and its attendant closures, travel restrictions, supply chain interruptions, and labor shortages, making wine here has...

Salve amicis! We all know that wine has an ancient pedigree. Part of the beauty and joy of the wine experience, besides the beauty and joy of simply drinking the wine, is realizing the deep roots that wine has in Mediterranean and Black Sea cultures. While wine did...

Hill Family Estate is proud to welcome Nalani Jo Kubilos and Heather Donoviel to our Yountville tasting room. Heather, our new tasting room manager, was raised in Napa, and comes to us with years of wine and hospitality experience. After getting her degree in Japanese...

Change is in the air, or, rather, in the ground, at the Hill Family Estate Winery. It is time for us to replant our vineyard there. Sitting on Solano Ave just west of Highway 29 on the southern edge of the Yountville AVA (American Viticultural Area), the vineyard will...

Okay. Let’s start with a little quiz. Warm evening Good friends Platters of delicious tapas ____________ Fiery flamenco music. What is missing from the above list?   Hill Family Estate’s 2021 “Stewart Ranch” Albarino, of course! Fortunately, we have the remedy...

Some of the best wineries in Yountville offer a wine and food pairing option to enjoy during your tasting experience. One pairing that makes Hill Family Estate stand out from other Napa Valley wineries is wine and sweets pairing. In particular Hill Family offers wine...

We are excited to announce the release of our 2021 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc! Hill Family Estate, one of Napa Valley’s best wineries, started producing Sauvignon Blanc in 2005. Since the inaugural bottling, the style of this wine has remained the same, and is...

Hill Family Estate is thrilled to release our 2022 Brut Sparkling Wine. Made with 100% Pinot Noir grapes from the Knittle Vineyard in Carneros, this limited-production wine is vibrant, delicately floral and pleasantly tart. It offers flavors of wild cherry, golden...

In the winter while the vines are dormant, the cellar is still bustling with activity. In early February, Hill Family Estate will be bottling three new vintages of our white and rosé wines: 2021 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2021 Rosé of Pinot Noir 2021 Albariño These...

At Hill Family Estate, we like to say that we are farmers first and winemakers second. Our owner Doug Hill has been planting and farming vineyards throughout the Napa Valley since the 1970s. Hill Family Estate has 12 vineyard sites throughout Napa Valley and manages...