Napa Valley’s Château Montelena secured its place in history when its 1973 chardonnay placed first in the famed Paris Tasting of 1976, which pitted California wines against some of France’s top ...

Following months of industry rumors and speculation, the owners of Calistoga’s Chateau Montelena Winery have sold their respected 40,000-case operation to a revered second-growth Bordeaux wine estate, ...

Chateau Montelena's actual chateau was built in 1882 and once was called Tubbs Wine Cellar after its founder, Alfred Tubbs. But Montelena really didn't mean much of anything to anyone until its 1973 ...

Having last had a sit-down, one-on-one dinner with a winemaker in early March 2020, I was giddy with excitement when I saw the email invitation to dine with winemaker Matt Crafton. Given the long and ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that 2020 was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. There were few silver linings and blessings to come out of that year, but lo and behold, a special ...

Wine Spectator magazine has outed a fourth winery whose cellar is tainted by TCA (2,4,6-trichloroanisole). This time it's Chateau Montelena, the historical Calistoga producer whose 1973 Napa and ...

“Old world style, new world fruit” is an axiom used to describe Montelena’s Estate cabs as they generally are a little lighter on alcohol than some of their Napa brethren. Though still a child, this ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2004--A 20-vintage, 40-wine vertical tasting of Laurel Glen Winery and Chateau Montelena Winery will take place Sunday, March 28, 2004 from 11:00 to 1:00 ...

Talia Baiocchi is the founder and general manager of Punch. She has spent her career specializing in wine, restaurants, and culture. Previously a columnist at Wine Spectator, she went on to become the ...

There are a handful of Napa Valley producers that have achieved legendary status—names that aren’t just indicative of the highest levels of grape growing and winemaking, but that have become, in many ...

California’s Chateau Montelena could easily cash in year after year on its legendary “Judgment of Paris” victory in 1976. At that infamous wine tasting in Paris, the winery’s 1973 Chardonnay beat out ...

Here's the soon-to-be-told cinematic story of how Chateau Montelena and its most historic Chardonnay were saved from destruction: actress Rachael Taylor takes her top off. Repeatedly. That's one of ...