805 White Cottage Rd North, Angwin, CA 94508
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Margaret Nissen Photography
Retro Cellars
Howell Mountain // Napa Valley
We are second generation Napa Valley winemakers Mike + Kara Dunn. Our families came to this valley in the 1970’s and started farming grapes + making wine. Today, we produce small batch wines in an old world style in the caves at Dunn Vineyards. We strive to be honorable stewards of the land and to create wines of character and purity.
Producing small batch wines in an old world style.
We produce fewer than 500 cases of wine from each vintage’s harvest grown in vineyards we tend.
Stewards of the Land.
We are farmers with a reverence for the land; respectful caretakers. Nurturing the vines to produce grapes reflecting this place and time.
Second generation winemakers Mike + Kara Dunn.
We are Mike and Kara Dunn, second generation farmers and winemakers on Howell Mountain in the eastern range of Napa Valley.
Howell Mountain pedigree
Howell Mountain is an elevation-based appellation in the eastern mountains above the Napa Valley. Our vineyards are planted from 1800’-2100’ elevation, producing small grapes with intensity of character.
Our Napa Valley Heritage
Kara + Mike’s families have been Napa Valley grape farmers and winemakers since the 1970’s. Mike’s family started Dunn Vineyards on Howell Mountain in 1978, the same year Kara’s family began Pecota Winery in Calistoga. When Mike and Kara met, they shared similar stories of growing up in the Napa Valley of the 1970’s, a community of humble farmers.
