Summary of wine labels displayed on the Series "A" poster

Classic wine label poster-map is being re-released since its initial production in 1986 after twenty five years of major changes to the wine industry of the Napa Valley. 85 wine labels are displayed on this original poster produced by John M. Olney. A total of 48, or about 57 % of the displayed wineries changed hands or went entirely out of business during the past 20 plus years.

Series "A"
This poster-map was released in late 1986 making it 23 years old.

The poster includes the labels of then still feuding Mondavi brothers -- Charles Krug and Robert Mondavi and Sons -- who went their separate ways after the infamous knock down battle over marketing expenses incurred by Robert and his wife back in the 1960's.  We have one copy which these brothers signed their respective wine label.

The wineries that continued operations and which are very well respected today include the following, all owned by large operations: 

Raymond owned by Boisset Family Estates, a French company purchased the winery from Kirin, a Japanese company.

Rutherford Hill owned by the Terlato Wine Group of Chicago, who also own the Chimney Rock winery in Napa Valley

Round Hill, owned locally by the Rutherford Wine Company, the 27th largest producer in the USA according to Wine Business Company calculations

Chandon owned by Louis Vuitton - Moët Hennessy (LVMH) or LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton S.A, a French company. They are the 24th largest producer in the USA.  They also own Newlan of Napa Valley.

Charles Krug owned locally by the Peter Mondavi Senior Family and the 14th largest producer in the USA

Robert Pepi now owned by Lake County based Kendall Jackson group, the 10th largest producer in the USA, and the winery is renamed Cardinale.

Villa Mt. Eden (now the site of Plumpjack) which moved to sister winery location at Conn Creek. Both of these wineries are owned by United States Tobacco, Inc. (UST, Inc) - Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the 9th largest producer in the USA.

Beaulieu, and Acacia Vineyards now owned by the largest wine, beer and distilled beverage producer and distributor in the world - Diageo of Great Britain. They also own Provenance located in Napa Valley. Diageo is the 8th largest USA producer.

Folie a Deux now owned locally by the Trinchero Family wines, creator of the famous Sutter Home White Zinfandel wine, and the 6th largest producer in the USA. Trinchero’s also own the Napa Cellars label which took over the DeMoor site in Napa.

Beringer which is now owned by the giant Foster's organization of Australia, also owns the Napa Valley wineries of Stags Leap Winery, St. Clement and Etude. Fosters is the 5th largest producer in the USA

Robert Mondavi and Sons, Franciscan and Mt. Veeder now owned by the huge Constellation company, the 2nd largest wine producer in the USA

Louis M. Martini now owned by the largest USA wine producer, Gallo, which also owns the Napa Valley winery, William Hill Estate.

The traditional medium and smaller wineries who originated in the 1960's -1980s and continue to be owned by their founders are: , Arroyo, Bouchaine, Cakebread, Caymus, Chappellet,  Clos Du Val,, , Far Niente, Flora Springs, Green and; Red, Groth, Hagafen, Milat, Monticello, Peju, Pina, Prager, Rombauer, Rustridge, Shafer, Silver Oak, Silverado Vineyards, Sky, Sullivan, Trefethen, Tulocay, Wermuth, and Whitford, .

Wineries that either continue the label but are under different ownership than when we contracted them or became a different wine label under new owners use of the label include: Altamura__________,  Chateau Boswell,  Clos Pegase, Cuviason, Havens (now the label of ____), Johnson Turnbull (now renamed Turnbull and owned by _______), Merryvale and Sunny St. Helena (2nd label of Merryvale and both owned by _____), S. Anderson, (now owned by Cliff Lede wines), and Whitehall Lane (now owned by____)

This classic poster displays a number of winery labels no longer in production. Many of these wineries just disappeared without a replacement at their production site. These include: Artisan, California Soleil, Chateau Chevre (returned to being just a grower), Fairmont, Don Charles Ross, Joseph Mathews (site now the location of Jarvis Conservatory of Music. Jarvis also owns the Jarvis winery located in the hills east of Napa), Merlion, and Shown and Sons.

The other closed down wineries and/or discontinued labels sold their site to another wine producing entity which includes the following: Bernard Pradel (now site of _____), Carneros Creek (now site of FOLIO wines), Costello (now the site of O’Brian wines), DeMoor (now site of Folie A Deux), Ehlers Lane (now site of Ehlers Estate wines), Evensen (site absorbed into the Cakebread property), Got-A-Way (now Andretti wines), Hanns Kornell (now site of Frank Family wines), Pine Ridge (now owned by _____), Plam ( now site of Bell Cellars), Shadow Brook (now home of Kehlam wines), Spring Mountain (now part of Spring Mountain Vineyards group which includes four wineries), Stonegate (now Tommey wines, also owners of Silver Oak), Stracks (now owned by Darioush), and Vose (now site of Chateau Potelle). Joseph Phelps, Mayacamas, Sequoia Grove, and ZD

Displayed winery labels include all six of the defunct wine producers of Napa Valley that Fred Franzia of Bronco Brothers purchased in hopes of using Central Valley juice disguised under a Napa Valley label. These include the original Charles Shaw label which would become famous when released by Bronco and nicknamed as the extremely popular "Two Buck Chuck". The other five labels are: Domaine de Napa (now home of Alpha Omega wines), Napa Creek (now home of Rasmus), Napa Ridge, Quail Ridge, and Rutherford Vintners (now home of Rutherford Grove wines).