About Trefethen Family Vineyards
Third-generation Trefethen family stewards of the 1886 Eshcol Victorian estate in Oak Knoll District — one of Napa Valley's oldest continuously farmed
Trefethen Family Vineyards is one of Napa Valley's most historically continuous and architecturally significant family wine estates.
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Trefethen Family VineyardsTrefethen Family Vineyards is one of Napa Valley's most historically continuous and architecturally significant family wine estates.
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The 1886 EshcolThe 1886 Eshcol winery building — a three-story wooden gravity-flow structure that is among the oldest continuously used winery buildings in California and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places — anchors a 600-acre Oak Knoll District estate that the Trefethen family has farmed sustainably for over 55 years.
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Gene and CatherineGene and Catherine Trefethen purchased the Oak Knoll Avenue property in 1968, recognizing in the specific Oak Knoll District's position between the warm upper Napa Valley and the cool Carneros bay influence a moderating growing environment that produces Chardonnay, Riesling, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon of distinctive freshness and food-first restraint.
"Third-generation Trefethen family stewards of the 1886 Eshcol Victorian estate in Oak Knoll District — one of Napa Valle"
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Featured Wines
Chardonnay
Estate Chardonnay
Oak Knoll District / Trefethen Estate
Trefethen's most celebrated white — estate Oak Knoll District Chardonnay from 600 sustainably farmed acres in the bay-influenced growing corridor between warm upper Napa Valley and cool Carneros, earning consistent 91–95 point recognition for the mineral, food-first freshness that the Oak Knoll District's moderating climate consistently produces.
Estate
★★★★☆
Cabernet Sauvignon
Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Oak Knoll District / Trefethen Estate
Trefethen's estate red flagship — Oak Knoll District Cabernet from 600 sustainably farmed acres in the National Register-listed 1886 Eshcol estate, showing the warm but freshness-retaining character that the district's Carneros-influenced cooling consistently produces in Napa Valley's most commercially important red variety.
Estate
★★★★☆
Riesling (Dry)
Dry Riesling
Oak Knoll District / Trefethen Estate
Trefethen's most distinctively personal white expression — estate Dry Riesling from 600 Oak Knoll District acres, one of Napa Valley's most consistently produced and critically respected dry Riesling programs, showing the mineral, citrus, food-first character that the bay-influenced cool-morning Oak Knoll growing corridor produces in this German variety.
Estate
★★★★☆
Merlot
Merlot
Oak Knoll District / Trefethen Estate
Trefethen's most immediately food-compatible red — estate Oak Knoll District Merlot from the Carneros-influenced 600-acre estate showing the plush, restrained, food-first character that the moderating bay influence and 55 years of sustainable family farming produces in this Bordeaux variety in the Napa Valley's most Carneros-influenced northern sub-appellation.
Estate
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Book on Tock →Historic Victorian Food & Wine Appointment
Daily appointment in the 1886 National Register-listed Eshcol Victorian winery — estate Chardonnay, Dry Riesling, and Cabernet with food pairings from 20+ years of Trefethen pairing expertise. Third-generation family estate on 600 sustainably farmed Oak Knoll District acres. One of Napa Valley's most historically resonant food-and-wine estate experiences.
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