About Panek Vineyards
Panek Vineyards is included in the Napa master inventory as a winery, vineyard or wine brand, but the current public visitor pathway is not sufficiently clear to promise a tasting-room visit. A producer can remain active, release wine and operate an online store without maintaining a routine public tasting room. For that reason, an office, mailing, vineyard or production address should never be converted automatically into an invitation to arrive.
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Panek Vineyards' two estate wines are made by Thomas Rivers Brown, Food & Wine's 2010 Winemaker of the Year.
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Grape growers turned vintnersThe Panek family purchased and replanted their St. Helena-area vineyard in 2000, selling fruit before releasing their own label in 2017.
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Winemaker Thomas Rivers BrownThe estate's Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc are made by Thomas Rivers Brown, a multiple 100-point Napa winemaker.
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A true family operationSon Nathan Panek joined as a partner in 2017, managing marketing, hospitality and member relations.
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Featured Wines
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Panek Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
2023 · St. Helena
The estate's flagship Cabernet Sauvignon, showing rich fruit concentration and finely grained tannins.
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Panek Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
2018 · St. Helena
The winery's inaugural estate Cabernet Sauvignon release.
SAUVIGNON BLANC
Panek Estate Sauvignon Blanc
2018 · St. Helena
A precise, bright estate Sauvignon Blanc from the family's vineyard.
Prices reflect those published on panekvineyards.com at time of research and are subject to change with new vintage releases.
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Panek offers by-appointment tastings of its estate Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc; specific format and pricing are not published online.
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