Frog’s Leap Winery

Specialties

We welcome guests with prior reservations daily 10:00 am to 4:00 pm to enjoy one of three unique opportunities to experience the winery and enjoy our wines:

Signature Seated Tasting — $ 25.00 (offered daily)

Taste through a flight of four current releases from the comfort of your private table on the back porch of The Vineyard House. Our Wine Specialists are on hand to guide you through the wines and share information about our winemaking practices.

Guided Tour and Tasting — $ 25.00 (Limited to 10 people, Mon — Fri at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. by appointment, 21 and older, please.) Don’t just taste the wine, get an inside look at the way it’s made – from the way we farm our land to where we make the wine, you’ll see it all on this intimate guided visit.

Garden Tasting — $ 20.00 (available Friday, Saturday and Sunday only) Enjoy a stroll around the property, relax in one of the many Adirondack chairs or take in the view from the Red Barn – All with a glass of wine, of course. Our most casual tasting option features four current releases

Regrettably, County regulations prohibit picnicking at the winery.

History

Established in 1981.

Frog’s Leap was founded by the Williams Family in 1981 on a spot along Mill Creek known as the Frog Farm.

Today, Frog’s Leap makes its home amongst 130 acres of vineyards in Rutherford at the historic Red Barn. This grand and welcoming building was built in 1884 as the Adamson Winery and renovated in 1994 as Frog’s Leap’s permanent home. Winemakers John Williams and Paula Moschetti hand-​craft an annual production of 60,000 cases comprised of Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Zinfandel, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Using the best of Napa Valley’s organically grown grapes and the most traditional winemaking techniques, Frog’s Leap strives to produce wines that deeply reflect the soils and climate from which they emanate. Frog’s Leap produces some of Napa Valley’s finest wines and, undoubtedly, has one of the wine world’s best mottos: «Time’s fun when you’re having flies.»

Meet the Business Owner

John W.

Business Owner

John Williams grew up in Western New York and originally attended Cornell University to extend his studies as a dairyman. A fortuitous work-​study program at Taylor Wine Company and a few bottles of wine later, John entered the Enology and Viticulture Masters Program at UC Davis. Following Davis, he returned to the Finger Lakes as the startup winemaker at Glenora Wine Cellars. In 1980 John returned to the Napa Valley to assume winemaking duties at Spring Mountain Vineyards.

Frog’s Leap was founded in 1981, and John has been the Owner and Winemaker of this noted Napa Valley Winery since its inception. Known for its whimsical exuberance, Frog’s Leap, a small family winery, produces elegant wines with superb balance and a true sense of place.