Six vineyard parcels, each less than one acre, wind their way through the Wornick family estate which rests within the confines yet well above the famed resort of Meadowood.

In viticulture size matters. The Lilliputian dimensions of the Seven Stones vineyard blocks create an environment where an intimate relationship has developed between the soil, the vineyard worker and each vine cluster – at harvest time, even every grape.

The site possesses a truly unique terroir: a gardenlike oasis that hides a tumultuous volcanic past.  A single vine row reveals a myriad of soil changes from powdery white ash, to enormous boulders, to brown and black glasslike obsidian.  White soils give way to grey soils to brown soils and to red soils all within the same small vineyard block.  This complexity in the soil transfers its characters to the vine giving us grapes with different flavors and aromas, thus leading to blended wines of incredible complexity and depth. 

These “micro-vineyards” also boast a very unique micro climate. It is clearly a mountain vineyard conferring to the wines a structure and firmness.  But most mountain vineyards lie above the line of fog that invades the Napa Valley in the evening, so they do not experience the cooling effects that are so beneficial to grape growing.  Seven Stones, however, is perfectly situated within the fog on most mornings before it clears to reveal glorious sunshine.  As night falls, the fog returns and forces the day’s warm air of the valley floor up the hillsides into the higher altitudes.  Seven Stones again finds itself within the cooling white embrace of the Pacific Ocean’s influence -- intensifying the color and preserving the freshness and complexity of the wine.