Napa Wine Co. has been home to some of appellation's leading artisan winemakers, many of whom have achieved "cult" status. In 1997, three of the top ten wines of the year in Wine Spectator were produced at Napa Wine Co.

The wine making team that oversees this organization appears to be learning some tricks from some of their clients, as the Napa Wine Company's offerings get better and better."

Andrew Hoxsey, managing partner, is a third generation grape grower who spent the summers of his youth hauling grapes from his grandfather's Yountville vineyards to Napa Valley wineries.

Through the dust and dirt, lean times and good times, Hoxsey learned the wine industry literally from the ground up. His philosophical bent toward wine growing, as opposed to grape growing, reflects this intimate relationship between the quality of farming and the quality in the bottle. No doubt this approach was established early in life, echoing the sentiments of his grandfather, Andrew Pelissa, who farming organically decades before the concept became fashionable.

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