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Napa Moves Every Permit to NapaON on Tuesday, Retiring TRAKiT
The city launches its new online permitting portal on Nov. 3. Every user needs a new account, open permits carry over, and inspection requests move online only.
Napa Importer Quintessential Takes Over U.S. Sales for Montes and Kaiken
The Napa company becomes the exclusive U.S. importer for the Chilean winery on November 1 and for its Argentine sister winery on January 1, adding two South American names to a portfolio built on family owned estates.
Frank Family Puts SIMKHAI Lace on a Limited Cabernet for Dress for Success
The Calistoga winery’s 2024 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon arrives in a bottle patterned on a SIMKHAI lace dress. It debuts at the winery on October 24, goes on sale October 26, and sends its support to women building careers.
After Spring Mail Theft, Napa County Urges Property Taxpayers to Pay Online or In Person
The first installment of 2026-2027 property taxes is due November 1. Pay by 5 p.m. on December 10 to avoid a 10 percent penalty, and the county would rather you skipped the mailbox this year.
Napa Green Opens Free Carbon Farm Plans as Its $3 Million Grant Reaches Growers
The plans cost growers nothing, they are first come, first served, and they double as the conservation plan a grower needs to tap grant money for compost, cover crops, grazing and hedgerows.
For Sale in Napa: What the Listings Actually Say
A London magazine cover put a for-sale sign in a Napa vineyard this weekend. The county record is more specific: a $35 million ranch with an 1887 winery, an estate that cleared at about half its first asking price, a foreclosure fight on Silverado Trail, and the strongest direct-to-consumer shipping numbers in American wine.
PG&E Begins Restoring Power a Day Early, With 2,592 Napa Customers Still Out Friday Evening
Restoration started Friday afternoon, ahead of the original Saturday estimate, as the red flag warning expired and crews began inspecting lines.
Chateau Montelena’s Matthew Crafton Named VinePair’s Wine Professional of the Year
The Calistoga estate’s president and winemaker took the honor in the 2026 Next Wave Awards, revealed Oct. 15 in the 50th anniversary year of the Judgment of Paris.
Highway 37 Shuts for 55 Hours Next Weekend, and the Detour Runs Through Napa
Caltrans will close Highway 37 between Mare Island and Sears Point from Friday night, Oct. 23, to Monday morning, Oct. 26, to lift the flood-prone eastbound lanes 3 feet before El Niño storms arrive. The signed detours send the traffic up Highway 29 and through Carneros.
Di Rosa’s Restored Sheep Come Home to Carneros With an Oct. 25 Roundup
The 22 metal sheep by Veronica di Rosa, restored at Gordon Huether’s Napa studio, return to the front pasture on Sunday, Oct. 25, with a barbecue celebration and a first-ever naming auction.
PG&E Warns 3,027 Napa County Customers of Possible Shutoffs as Diablo Winds Build
The possible Public Safety Power Shutoff could begin Wednesday evening and run through Saturday, part of a 70,000-customer warning across 29 counties. Napa County’s share includes 138 Medical Baseline customers.
A Young Napa Valley College Team Poses for Media Day, Then Gets Back to Work
The Storm put on new uniforms for the cameras on Oct. 7. With 10 freshmen on a 15-man roster, Napa Valley opens its season Nov. 3 at West Valley College.
Garret Thomas Murphy: The Chief Tastemaker Who Wrote Napa a Novel
More than two decades after founding Vintner's Collective on a sleepy Main Street, Garret Thomas Murphy has published The Gentleman Farmer, a novel drawn from twenty years behind the tasting bar.
Bouchaine Vineyards Takes Regional Wine Tourism Honor, Heads to Global Final
The Carneros winery was named the 2027 Napa Valley/Bay Area regional winner for Innovative Wine Tourism Experience and will represent the region in New Zealand this month.
New Law Lets Wineries Use Video to Promote Retail Events
The Napa Valley Vintners-sponsored bill, signed into law this month, ends a decade-long fight over California’s tied-house advertising rules and takes effect Jan. 1, 2027.
Deputy DA to Teach New Dual-Credit Law Course in Pacific Union College Pilot
The 10-week "Introduction to Law" course, a first for the California Legal Pathways Collaborative at a four-year college, opens to PUC students and local high schoolers.
Heat Advisory Extended Through Friday Evening as Napa Valley Hot Spell Grinds On
The National Weather Service has pushed the advisory to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, with highs in the low 90s through Thursday; a Spare the Air Alert runs through Tuesday.
Magnitude 2.4 Earthquake Recorded Southeast of Napa on Tuesday Morning
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the quake at 10:47 a.m. about four miles southeast of the city. No damage was reported.
House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark Joins Rep. Mike Thompson for Women Lead Forum in Napa Today
The town hall-style forum runs from 10 a.m. to noon at the Redwood Credit Union Community Room on Devlin Road; attendees must RSVP in advance.
Two Napa Wineries Ask Federal Court to Pause County Enforcement of Winery Rules
Summit Lake and Smith-Madrone filed three preliminary-injunction motions on Sept. 30 challenging a $2 million road bill, event restrictions and limits on private tastings.
County Invites Public to Oct. 7 Workshop on a Newer, Quieter Runway 19R Flight Approach
Napa County is studying a supplemental approach for the airport’s Runway 19R that could steer arriving aircraft away from noisy valley corridors when the weather is clear.
Rombauer Vineyards Toasts Western Style With Limited-Edition Lane Boots Collaboration
The limited-edition "Joy" Boot, released Oct. 1, pairs Chardonnay-washed leather with vineyard embroidery and sells for $395 exclusively through Rombauer.
Josh Dempsey Named a Top St. Helena Agent in RealTrends Verified 2026 Rankings
The 2026 RealTrends Verified rankings put the Vanguard Properties agent fourth in St. Helena by volume and third by sides, on $80.81 million of 2025 sales.
Napa Valley Vintners Pledges $1.2 Million to Afterschool and Summer Programs
The Sept. 30 announcement in Saint Helena sends $660,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Napa Valley and supports 8,500 county students.
Newsom Signs AB 1890, Doubling State Farmworker Housing Funds for Napa County
The bill by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry raises the annual state match for the Napa County Housing Authority farmworker centers from $250,000 to $500,000.
Delta One Launches New Wine Program Anchored by Napa Valley
Thirteen wines from 11 winery partners debut Oct. 1, built with Master Sommelier Andrea Robinson and the first blind tastings to include SkyMiles members.
Napa Valley Tourism Generated $2.8 Billion in 2025, Visit Napa Valley Reports
The annual Destination Symposium on September 24 laid out the visitor economy scorecard: 3.8 million visitors, $162.5 million in local tax revenue, one in every seven county jobs, and a $530 million lodging year.
A newcomer's guide to Napa
Moving to Napa, or just settling in: the essentials on the city, its services, and how to get around.
How Napa city government works
Council-manager, boards and commissions, agendas and public comment: a plain-language map of City Hall.
Downtown Napa on foot
A walking order for downtown: the river, the Mill, Main Street, and the Oxbow, with parking sorted first.
Council Districts 1 and 3 Head to November Ballot
Napa’s general municipal election on Nov. 3 will fill two four-year council seats under district voting.
This newspaper belongs to its readers
The Napa Tribune launches as an independent newspaper for Napa Valley, with clear rules on accuracy, corrections and the line between news and opinion.
The valley is working, and it shows
On a harvest that started early, a winery closure that rattled custom-crush clients and the new cost of keeping the aquifer alive.
Fentanyl Dealer Acquitted of Murder, Convicted on Six Felonies; Sentencing Set for Sept. 28
A Napa County jury cleared Alan Jazeel Martinez of murder in the 2022 fentanyl death of 17-year-old Monica Flores but convicted him of six felony fentanyl offenses after a three and a half week trial.
Don Perico Returns to Downtown Napa at First Street
The family owned Mexican restaurant, a Napa name for more than 30 years, has reopened at 1300 First Street in the former Buckhorn Grill space.
Second TRUTH Act forum set for Tuesday evening in Napa
The Board of Supervisors will hear the county's annual report on ICE access to people in custody, with remote participation and Spanish interpretation.
Measure G Oversight Panel Delivers First Report
The citizens committee says its startup year is over and real oversight of the sales tax begins now.
Jackson Family Wines Earns Regenerative Organic Status
Some 663 estate acres are now Regenerative Organic Certified, roughly doubling the valley's certified total.
Napa County invites the public to watch the November election count
Observation begins Sept. 28 with logic and accuracy testing, and the registrar says watchers help protect the integrity of the vote.
Napa County sets first groundwater sustainability fees
Growers will pay a combined $44.44 per acre under first-year rates the board approved in August, trimmed by $750,000 from the agency's reserves.
American Canyon Commits Up to $5M to SR-29 Plan
The council backed NVTA’s $68 million corridor project and demanded the design keep room for a future pedestrian overpass.
Napa County's farmworker housing program earns national award
A grower-funded partnership dating to 2002 runs three centers at 96 percent occupancy and now offers health care, English classes and legal services.