In the heart of Napa Valley’s Rutherford region sits a winery that feels less like a commercial venture and more like being invited to a friend’s really nice country estate – if your friend happened to make world-class wines and lived in paradise.
Frog’s Leap Winery offers something increasingly rare in today’s Napa: authenticity without pretension, quality without the velvet rope, and an experience that makes you wonder why you don’t just quit your job and move to wine country tomorrow.
The drive to Rutherford itself is half the pleasure, winding through California’s most storied wine region, where vineyards stretch like corduroy across the landscape and each curve in the road reveals another postcard-worthy vista.
When you first turn onto the property, you might think you’ve accidentally wandered into someone’s private home – and that’s precisely the charm…