Kuleto Estate

Napa Valley · St. Helena · Napa Valley AVA
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Permanently Closed
This winery has permanently closed. We keep this page available as a record of its history and wines.
Closed Since 2020 Wildfires
Kuleto Estate has been closed to tastings since wildfire damage in 2020. Its last recorded vintages were a 2021 white and a 2019 red, and remaining library bottles are now poured at sister property Foley Johnson Winery in Napa under owner Foley Family Wines. This profile is kept for reference.
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Estate closed to guest experiences until further notice
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Phone
(707) 963-9750
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Tasting Fee
From $55
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Reservations
Required
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Est.
1992

About Kuleto Estate

Kuleto Estate is a mountaintop property in the eastern Napa hills above Lake Hennessey and Rutherford. Its vineyards are divided across varied elevations, exposures and soils, creating a broad estate portfolio. The dramatic setting has historically been a major part of the visitor appeal, but the current status is more important than the scenery: the Kuleto property remains closed to guest experiences because of impacts from the 2020 Hennessey Fire.

Visitors should not drive to the Sage Canyon Road estate for a tasting. The official visitor page states that the closure remains in effect until further notice. Instead, a full Kuleto flight is offered at sister property Foley Johnson on Highway 29 in Rutherford. That redirected tasting currently costs $55 per person, with complimentary benefits available to qualifying members of Kuleto or sister-property clubs.

The estate address should remain in the database for identity and mapping control, but it must be paired with a prominent do-not-visit warning. The Foley Johnson experience is a separate physical destination and should use Foley Johnson's current address, hours, reservation rules and guest policies. Wino Notion should not count the closed estate as an active visitor stop or create duplicate physical-destination totals from the redirected brand flight.

Kuleto's public page can still explain the mountain property, estate wines and closure history while giving travelers a practical tasting alternative. The most important editorial action is preventing an outdated itinerary from sending guests up a private mountain road. Before every publication refresh, check the official Kuleto visit page for reopening news. Until a reopening is announced, the status should remain temporary closure with tasting redirected to Foley Johnson, and no claims should be made about estate tours, views, food, pets or family access.

Kuleto Estate has been closed to visitors since the 2020 wildfires; its remaining wines are now poured at Foley Johnson Winery instead.
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Helicopter DiscoveryPat Kuleto spotted the hillside site from a helicopter in the early 1990s and began planting in 1992-93.
Gravity-Flow WineryThe cave-and-cellar winery, completed in 2001, crushed fruit from more than 80 individually farmed vineyard blocks across three soil types.
Closed Since 2020Wildfire damage has kept the tasting room closed; remaining Kuleto library wines are available at Foley Johnson Winery in Napa.
"Wino Notion likes that Kuleto has preserved a way to taste the estate portfolio at Foley Johnson while the mountain property remains closed. The redirect is useful, but only when the page makes the physical-location difference unmistakable."
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