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Moone-Tsai Vineyards — Rutherford Winery & Tasting Room

Napa Valley / Rutherford · Rutherford AVA
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Hours
By appointment only
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Phone
(707) 963-1431
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Tasting Fee
From $65
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Reservations
Required
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Est.
2004

About Moone-Tsai Vineyards

Moone-Tsai Vineyards combines the surnames of co-founders Michael Moone and Betty Tsai — a dual-heritage partnership (English surname Moone and Chinese-heritage surname Tsai) bound by a hyphen into a shared wine identity. The combination of American and Chinese cultural heritage on a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon label is one of the valley's more culturally distinctive naming choices.

The Rutherford estate produces Cabernet Sauvignon from Rutherford Bench and Oakville vineyard sources — the alluvial benchland where the Mayacamas Range's mineral-rich drainage produces Cabernet of the 'Rutherford dust' character that André Tchelistcheff identified as the appellation's defining quality. The partnership's dual-cultural heritage informs both the estate's visual identity and the wines' restrained, food-friendly philosophy.

Wine Advocate has scored Moone-Tsai's Napa Valley Cabernet at 91–94 points, recognizing the quality of the Rutherford benchland sourcing.

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Moone-Tsai Vineyards combinesMoone-Tsai Vineyards combines the surnames of co-founders Michael Moone and Betty Tsai — a dual-heritage partnership (English surname Moone and Chinese-heritage surname Tsai) bound by a hyphen into a shared wine identity.
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The combination ofThe combination of American and Chinese cultural heritage on a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon label is one of the valley's more culturally distinctive naming choices.
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The Rutherford estateThe Rutherford estate produces Cabernet Sauvignon from Rutherford Bench and Oakville vineyard sources — the alluvial benchland where the Mayacamas Range's mineral-rich drainage produces Cabernet of the 'Rutherford dust' character that André Tchelistcheff identified as the appellation's defining quality.
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Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Rutherford / Moone-Tsai Estate
Moone-Tsai's dual-cultural-heritage-hyphenated Rutherford Cab — English and Chinese surnames together on Rutherford Bench Cabernet at 91–94 points from Wine Advocate.
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Moone-Tsai Partnership Appointment
Appointment at the English-Chinese-dual-heritage-hyphenated Rutherford boutique — Moone-Tsai Napa Valley Cabernet at 91–94 points from a partnership whose cultural diversity is declared in the wine's name.
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