https://www.napa.fyi/articles/ en-us Copyright 2026 Napa FYI Interviews with the people shaping Napa Valley, spotlights on local businesses and makers, and the Valley Brief with condensed Napa news. https://www.napa.fyi/articles/boisset-buys-artesa-winery/ Boisset Collection has purchased the 350-acre Artesa estate from Spain's Raventos Codorniu, adding a major Carneros foothold with plans for organic vineyards and in-house sparkling wine. Jean-Charles Boisset, president of Boisset Collection, has purchased Artesa Winery in Carneros from Spain's Raventos Codorniu, Wine Spectator reported on September 24, 2026. The deal adds one of Carneros' most architecturally distinctive winery estates to a California portfolio that already includes Buena Vista Winery, DeLoach Vineyards, and Raymond Vineyards. The transaction includes the Artesa b Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.napa.fyi/articles/boisset-buys-artesa-winery/ https://www.napa.fyi/articles/legend-napa-valley-closes-mid-harvest/ The American Canyon custom crush facility ceased operations in late August, leaving small client winemakers two weeks to move fermenting wine at the busiest moment of the year. Legend Napa Valley, a custom crush winery on a hilltop in Napa County's American Canyon, abruptly ceased operations in the middle of the 2026 harvest, the San Francisco Chronicle reported in late September. The closure left small client winemakers scrambling to move fermenting wine and equipment on barely two weeks' notice. On August 18, winemaker John Gibson made his second pick of the 2026 harve Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.napa.fyi/articles/legend-napa-valley-closes-mid-harvest/ https://www.napa.fyi/articles/schramsberg-white-house-state-dinner/ The Calistoga sparkling wine house's Blanc de Noir toasted the September 24 state dinner, echoing the 1972 Nixon-Zhou Toast to Peace. A Napa Valley sparkling wine took center stage at one of the highest-profile diplomatic dinners of the year. At the White House state dinner on September 24, 2026, honoring Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, guests toasted with Schramsberg Blanc de Noir, selected by the Office of the First Lady. The choice was a deliberate historical nod. The same wine was served at the 1972 To Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.napa.fyi/articles/schramsberg-white-house-state-dinner/ https://www.napa.fyi/articles/jackson-family-wines-regenerative-organic/ The company is now Napa Valley's largest Regenerative Organic Certified grower, roughly doubling the valley's certified regenerative vineyard acreage. Jackson Family Wines has achieved Regenerative Organic Certified status across its Napa Valley estate vineyards, the company announced in September 2026. The certification covers approximately 663 acres, making the company the largest ROC grower in Napa Valley and roughly doubling the valley's total certified regenerative organic vineyard acreage. The recognition applies to the vineyards rather th Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.napa.fyi/articles/jackson-family-wines-regenerative-organic/ https://www.napa.fyi/articles/grgich-hills-wine-enthusiast-finalist/ The Rutherford winery is one of five finalists for Wine Enthusiast's 2026 Wine Star Award, in the 50th anniversary year of the Judgment of Paris. Grgich Hills Estate has been named one of five final nominees for American Winery of the Year in Wine Enthusiast's 2026 Wine Star Awards, the Rutherford winery announced on September 10, 2026. The nomination arrives in a milestone year: 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Judgment of Paris, the blind tasting in which founder Miljenko Grgich's 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay outscored Fra Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.napa.fyi/articles/grgich-hills-wine-enthusiast-finalist/ https://www.napa.fyi/articles/napa-valley-vintners-tonight-its-napa/ The trade group's board unanimously funded a three-year marketing push to put Napa wine on more tables, in more markets, on ordinary nights. Napa Valley Vintners is making a major new marketing investment to help its member wineries reach consumers as wine drinking habits shift. The trade association announced on September 17, 2026, that its board of directors had voted unanimously on September 10 to fund a new three-year initiative from organizational reserves, significantly expanding its existing marketing efforts. The strategy has t Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.napa.fyi/articles/napa-valley-vintners-tonight-its-napa/ https://www.napa.fyi/articles/covet-ceramics-napa-valley/ Founder Danielle Eastman runs beginner-friendly pottery workshops from her Napa home studio, with a full fall calendar from pet dishes to holiday ornaments. COVET Ceramics Napa Valley is a handmade pottery studio run by founder Danielle Eastman from her home studio in Napa. Eastman moved to Napa with her family in 2020, left a job at a winery, and built a studio where she now works full time as a ceramic artist. A profile by Napa's Juniper Station describes her style as minimalist and organic, drawn to exposed brown clays and natural tones, and notes Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.napa.fyi/articles/covet-ceramics-napa-valley/ https://www.napa.fyi/articles/clos-pegase-reopens-calistoga/ The landmark Michael Graves winery, acquired out of bankruptcy in 2024, reopened June 27 with its postmodern architecture restored and its art program revived. Clos Pegase, the landmark Calistoga winery at 1060 Dunaweal Lane, reopened to the public on June 27, 2026, after a yearlong restoration that returned one of Napa Valley's most recognizable architectural set pieces to its original glory. The winery was founded in 1984 by art dealers Jan and Mitsuko Shrem, who selected postmodern architect Michael Graves through a 1984 design competition that drew 9 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.napa.fyi/articles/clos-pegase-reopens-calistoga/ https://www.napa.fyi/articles/boa-steakhouse-napa/ The Los Angeles group's first Napa Valley outpost opened in May 2026 at Casa Mani Resort, with dry-aged steaks, Japanese A5 Wagyu, and seed-oil-free cooking. BOA Steakhouse Napa, the first Napa Valley project from Los Angeles hospitality group Innovative Dining Group, opened in May 2026 at Casa Mani Resort Napa Valley, Curio Collection by Hilton, at 1075 California Blvd. in Napa. IDG, the company behind BOA, Sushi Roku, and Katana, opened its flagship BOA in West Hollywood in 2001, and the Napa outpost brings the modern American steakhouse's high-energ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.napa.fyi/articles/boa-steakhouse-napa/ https://www.napa.fyi/articles/the-elene-napa-opening/ Fifty rooms, a live-fire restaurant from chef Matthew Accarrino, and an all-day cafe are coming to Solano Avenue along the Vine Trail. Napa Valley's newest boutique resort, The Elene, is set to open in fall 2026 at 5091 Solano Ave. in Napa, bringing 50 guest rooms and suites, two dining concepts, and a wellness program to the south side of the city. Developed by St. Helena-based Napa Valley Land Company and managed by Mosaic Hotel Collection, the property sits along the Napa Valley Vine Trail and is designed around community conn Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.napa.fyi/articles/the-elene-napa-opening/