The historic Trubody Ranch, a prominent and historic Napa Valley vineyard property that has supplied premium producers for decades, has changed hands for the first time in over a century and will now be the main source for a wine venture by some of the region’s most notable restaurateurs.
KHK Wines — short for Keller Hall Keller — was founded as a vineyard partnership among celebrity chef Thomas Keller of The French Laundry, the Hall family of Hall’s Chophouse, and fourth-generation Napa grape grower Lindsay Keller and her real estate investor husband, Jim Keller.
Keller family entities purchased the ranch Jan. 15 in a deal recorded at $11 million but ultimately totaling $13 million with financing, according to Jim Keller. The property went on the market for the first time in September 2024 for $29.5 million.
The Page family, which owned the property prior to the sale, had farmed in Napa Valley for 134 years. The ranch, located in the Oak Knoll District appellation between Yountville and Napa, includes nearly 123 planted acres and has sold fruit to producers including Duckhorn, Groth, Krug and The Prisoner. Other features are a three-bedroom Victorian farmhouse built around 1872, along with a water tower, guest house and orchard…