5 Iconic Wineries/Vineyards of Napa Valley

Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars: Its 1973 Cabernet beat Bordeaux’s top châteaux at the 1976 Judgment of Paris and put Napa Cabernet on the world map.

Opus One: A 1979 partnership between Robert Mondavi and Bordeaux’s Baron Philippe de Rothschild, and the first great joint venture between France and Napa.

Silver Oak: It makes only Cabernet, aged entirely in American oak, and fans have long lined up on release day for the bottle with the water-tower label.

Joseph Phelps Vineyards: Insignia, first made in 1974, was Napa’s first Bordeaux-style blend sold under its own name instead of a grape name.

Chateau Montelena: Its 1973 Chardonnay beat the best of Burgundy at the 1976 Judgment of Paris, a story told in the film Bottle Shock.