A little look back into Bell Wine Cellars

A little look back into Bell Wine Cellars

Jul 28, 2021 | At the Winery

Winemaking is not only an art but also an exacting science. Wineries can only survive by producing excellent vintages, innovating, and doing what is necessary to please their customers. While delivering the best-quality luxury wines must be every winemaker’s goal,...
Flowering in the Vineyards

Flowering in the Vineyards

May 26, 2021 | In the Vineyards

Throughout each year, the vineyards and landscape of beautiful Napa Valley undergo dramatic color transformations that represent the maturation of the annual grape crop. Even before the vineyards show signs of life in the spring, mustard plants interspersed among the...
Do you know the life cycle of a wine grape? Pt 2

Do you know the life cycle of a wine grape? Pt 2

Apr 26, 2021 | In the Vineyards

Bud break and Flowering In the spring, after the vineyard crews have carefully pruned back the prior season’s growth on each vine to encourage new grape development, new buds begin to emerge that will soon open to become flowers. Signaling the onset of the growing...
Do you know the life cycle of a wine grape? Pt 1

Do you know the life cycle of a wine grape? Pt 1

Apr 16, 2021 | In the Vineyards

As we savor the full, rich flavors of our carefully selected Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and other wines, rarely do we think about the care and skill required to produce such marvelous flavors and aroma. While wine grapes have been produced for thousands of years,...
Spring in the Vineyards

Spring in the Vineyards

Mar 26, 2021 | In the Vineyards, News

Napa Valley’s incredible scenery is constantly changing. In the springtime, as the vines come alive again, gorgeous yellow mustard flowers carpet the vine rows as the vines start their seasonal bud break that will yield the crop for the new year. Those first tender...