About Italics Winegrowers
Italics Winegrowers operated from a cave winery at 70 Rapp Lane in Napa's Coombsville AVA, not Rutherford. The Texas-based Martin family, who acquired the 'Appellations' label from vintner Steve Reynolds in the early 2010s, purchased the 71-acre Coombsville property (including a cave originally built in 1995 by commercial-pilot-turned-vintner Bill Frazier) in late 2014 and rebranded the estate as Italics. As of mid-2026 the business's Yelp listing is marked permanently closed and independent visitor reviews stop around 2022, indicating the tasting room is no longer operating even though the brand's website and online shop remain live.
When active, Italics focused on Bordeaux-style reds under winemaker Steve Reynolds, including an estate Cabernet Sauvignon and the multi-vineyard 'Sixteen Appellations' blend, using techniques such as ozone-assisted fermentation. The online shop's newest listed vintages date only to 2017-2018 with no more recent releases found, so this listing should be treated as unconfirmed pending direct verification with the winery.
Italics Winegrowers' Coombsville cave winery, not Rutherford, appears to have gone quiet: its Yelp listing is marked permanently closed and no visitor reviews have appeared since 2022.
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Region mismatchThe estate sits in the Coombsville AVA at 70 Rapp Lane near downtown Napa, not Rutherford.
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Est. 1995 caveThe winery's cave was originally built in 1995 by commercial pilot turned vintner Bill Frazier, later passing through Zhang Winery before the Martin family's 2014 purchase.
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Signs of closureYelp lists the business as permanently closed and no independent reviews have appeared since 2022; the newest wines still listed for sale date to 2017-2018.
"A Coombsville, not Rutherford, cave winery whose tasting room appears to have closed, though its brand and online shop remain nominally live."
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CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Italics Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
2017-2018 · Coombsville
The estate's flagship Cabernet Sauvignon from the Martin family's Coombsville vineyard.
RED BLEND
Sixteen Appellations
2018 · Napa Valley
A proprietary blend sourced across sixteen Napa Valley appellations.
These are the newest vintages still listed on the winery's own shop; the absence of any releases after 2018, combined with the Yelp closure flag, suggests the operation may be dormant, so this content should be reconfirmed before publishing.
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