About Newton Vineyard
Newton Vineyard was founded in 1977 on Spring Mountain above St. Helena by English-born Peter Newton, previously a co-founder of Sterling Vineyards, and his wife Su Hua, with the first vintage released in 1979 from a roughly 500-560-acre hillside estate known for block-by-block, hand-harvested farming and formal terraced gardens. LVMH acquired majority ownership in 2001, and the Newton family retained a minority stake after Peter's death in 2008.
The estate was severely damaged by the September 2020 Glass Fire, which destroyed most vineyard blocks and estate buildings; tastings relocated first to Brasswood and then to a Calistoga tasting room in 2022. After that Calistoga lease expired, Newton announced in February 2025 that it would close permanently. By September 2025, press reports (Wine Spectator, Napa Valley Register) said new local owners had taken over the brand and estate with plans to revive it, so the physical Spring Mountain property survives, but the original public tasting operation has ended and a confirmed reopening date was not found.
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