Judd's Hill Winery & MicroCrush - Winery in Napa - 2332 Silverado Trail, USA

Last day for Ryan but we super enjoyed his knowledge of grapes. Loved the samples we tried and got a couple bottles to go.

Judd's Hill Winery is simply marvelous! We first read about the winery in an article titled “Top 10 Small Wineries in Napa Valley”. It certainly deserved to be listed, and was well worth the visit. Every wine was delicious and Ryan, our host, was absolutely outstanding. Add it to your Napa winery itinerary, you can’t do better.

Great wineries! It was a blast to come over for their wine tasting! We were introduced about how the wines were made, the fire, and the contacts the winery made with the farmers. Such a great amount of knowledge! The wines here were extremely good. The Chardonnay and the white wines were pretty standard, with some of the mixing ones standing out as having a great ore&after taste. The ones I like the most were the 2011 mix, as it gave a little bit of bitterness initially, but it went away quickly to leave on the fruit flavors. The popular rose was fine, but a little sour and not outstanding for me. The estate was fantastic. It was definitely a very good made with little taste of alcohol, but yet you can tell the wine was deep and strong. The fruit ness of the grape mixed really well with everything else, giving you a great aroma as well as the richness of the grape - simply a condensed feeling. We had a fun blind tasting event suggested by the staff. We enjoyed it a lot and were offered with some sweet wines later on! Their sweet wine was on point, not as sweet as the ice wines I had in Canada so I bought two back. Fantastic experience in a great yard. Love it a lot!

My husband and I had a tasting booked with CJ on Halloween. It was our first stop in Napa and I am so glad that was the case! She was such a sweet woman and taught us so much during our tasting, from why you hold the glass by the stem, to why you swirl the wine before you drink it, and what foods bring out which elements in the wine. We had a wonderful experience and found ourselves thinking back to CJ at other wineries when they’d hand us a glass by the bowl or try to sell a bottle that needs to sit for another 6 months ;) We left with a much better understanding of how to pair our food to our wines to bring out the elements we like best. I can’t recommend the tasting experience at Judd’s Hill enough!

The fantastic wines were our second favorite thing about Judd's Hill. Our host CJ was first - a great educator, storyteller and comedienne.

Had a lovely time! It felt really mellow there and we had a view to look at while we sampled wine. I did the cab flight, which had some really great tasting wines. Rose was super friendly and got us a last minute appointment.

We had such a great time at our tasting today! Todd was very friendly and gave us a personalized tasting. We learned a lot about the different varieties and some history of the valley. The wines were excellent. We will definitely be back.

Our experience at Judd's hill is the highlight of our entire vacation in Napa. From the moment we walked in, we were greeted by Todd, and he gave us the most personal and intimate wine tasting experience we have ever had. He stayed with us for 2 hours, leaving only to grab more wine. He is funny, charming and knowledgeable, and we learned so much from him. We enjoyed our experience so much that we came back the next day for the "make your own blend" session. It was unique in that we could take samples directly from the barrel and create a red blend that was specific to our palate. We even got to design the label on the bottle. These personal bottles (along with our picture holding them in the vineyard) will be the centrepiece of our cellar. Thanks Todd!