Stony Hill Vineyard

Fred and Eleanor McCrea, an advertising executive and his wife searching for a summer home, bought 168 hillside acres on Spring Mountain in 1943 that had previously served as a goat ranch. Devoted to French white Burgundy, they built their winery in 1951 and released their first Chardonnay, then labeled Pinot Chardonnay, in 1952, selling largely through hand-written letters that became Napa Valley's first winery mailing list.

Mike Chelini, who joined as assistant winemaker in 1972, took over after Fred's death in 1977 and stayed for more than four decades, upholding the McCreas' signature style of neutral-oak aging with no malolactic fermentation. After 75 years of McCrea family ownership, Stony Hill sold to Long Meadow Ranch's Hall family in 2018, then to Gaylon Lawrence Jr. and Master Sommelier Carlton McCoy Jr. in 2020, whose Lawrence Wine Estates also owns Heitz Cellar and Burgess Cellars.

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