Winemaking Archives - Flora Springs

January 26, 2024

Advancing The Legacy: Introducing 2021 Trilogy

From Our Founder, John Komes “This was an opportunity of a lifetime to take all I’ve learned in 45 years of honing the winemaking craft and apply...

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January 12, 2024

What does Mustard Season Mean for Napa Valley?

As a general rule, the mustard season in Napa Valley lasts from January through March (depending on the weather) and peak viewing is...

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August 2, 2023

Celebrate National White Wine Day with Vermentino

August 4 is National White Wine Day, and what better way to celebrate than with our new release 2022 Vermentino — a truly unique wine. Flora...

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Pat Garvey First Harvest at Flora Springs

May 3, 2023

A Love Affair With Chardonnay

Flora Springs’ love affair with the Chardonnay varietal began when the winery was founded in 1978. In fact, you could say that it’s Chardonnay...

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The debut release of our 2022 Vermentino

May 2, 2023

Presenting the 2022 Vermentino

Flora Springs has always been committed to creating and sharing exciting white wine. After all, it was our gold-medal winning Chardonnay that put...

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February 28, 2023

Flora Springs 2018 Howell Mountain Dust & Glory Cabernet Sauvignon in Robb Report

Note: The article excerpted below was originally published in Robb Report and can be found here. “The 9 Best Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons...

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November 7, 2022

John Komes on His 44th Napa Valley Harvest

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said John Komes, speaking about the 2022 harvest. He should know, he’s been through 44 of them!...

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October 15, 2022

Night Harvest

by Nat Komes, Flora Springs General Manager When our family founded Flora Springs in the late 1970s, harvest was a family affair, with relatives and...

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Out of Sight Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

June 30, 2022

This Cabernet’s Aging Capacity Is Out of Sight

Our Out of Sight Cabernet Sauvignon represents the best of both worlds: a wine that is wonderfully approachable in its youth, but with the capacity...

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June 5, 2022

Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of Trilogy, Our Flagship Red Wine

The 2019 Trilogy marks the 35th vintage of our flagship red wine, a bottling that dates back to 1984 when our family decided to make the finest wine...

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2018 Sangiovese from Flora Springs in Napa Valley

May 2, 2022

Flora Springs Sangiovese Featured in Napa Valley Life Magazine

Note: The article excerpted below was originally published in the Napa Valley Life Magazine and can be found here. “Napa Valley is synonymous...

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April 14, 2022

The 2022 Growing Season Is Underway

It’s springtime in Napa Valley as we enter the height of another growing season. All of our estate vineyards in Napa Valley went through bud break...

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April 6, 2022

James the Wine Guy on the 2020 Soliloquy & 2019 Trilogy

2020 Soliloquy 93 points “…a success to the winemaker…the winemaker is doing a fantastic job of creating a really nice, vivid,...

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November 24, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving from Our Family to You & Yours

Four decades ago we were lucky enough to celebrate our first harvest alongside our parents Flora and Jerry Komes. As we mark our 40th harvest with...

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John Komes brings in Cabernet Sauvignon destined for our Rutherford Hillside Reserve

June 3, 2021

A Ground Breaking Innovation: Rutherford Hillside Reserve Single Vineyard Cabernet

We’re often asked which of our Single Vineyard Cabernets is our favorite, and the answer is always the same: we love them all! But our Rutherford...

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April 29, 2021

What It Takes To Be a Flora Springs Single Vineyard Cabernet

It takes a special Cabernet Sauvignon to be designated a Flora Springs “Single Vineyard.” Along with Trilogy and Flora’s Legacy...

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February 19, 2021

The Beginning, Middle and End: The Story of the 2018 Trilogy

by Enrico Bertoz, Winemaker The 2018 Trilogy is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Petit Verdot, and if you’ve been keeping track, you’ll...

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August 10, 2020

The Places In Between

One of the many reasons Napa Valley is such a superb region for growing wine grapes is its incredible diversity. Although a mere 30 miles long and...

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2017 Howell Mountain Dust & Glory Cabernet Sauvignon

July 8, 2020

Presenting Dust & Glory

We are so pleased to introduce our first new Single Vineyard Cabernet in over two decades. John and Nat have been working on this project for years,...

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June 15, 2020

Presenting the 2019 Soliloquy: A Singular Wine

By General Manager Nat Komes Soliloquy is named for Flora Springs’ proprietary Sauvignon Blanc clone, a singular clone entirely unique to us. It...

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Windfall Vineyard in Rutherford Napa Valley

February 25, 2020

Third Generation Komes-Garvey Family Members Take the Helm

The third generation of Napa Valley’s Komes-Garvey family is taking the helm here at Flora Springs. Our family-owned winery with a history dating...

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Flora Springs Napa Valley Estate Vineyards

February 20, 2020

Flora Springs Entrusts Château Smith Haut Lafitte With Stewardship of Historic Napa Valley Estate

“We’re excited to have found Château Smith Haut Lafitte and the Cathiards, a well-known family from Bordeaux with a long history in winemaking,...

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June 20, 2019

Vineyard Update from Winemaker Paul Steinauer

In Napa Valley this time of year, you’re likely to see vineyard crews scattered amongst the vines. “What are they doing,” you ask? They are...

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May 30, 2019

How are Wine Corks Made?

Ever wonder how a wine cork is made? Winemaker Paul Steinauer recently traveled to Portugal for a behind-the-scenes look into the cork-making process...

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Single Vineyard Cabernets Napa Valley 2016

April 3, 2019

Presenting the 2016 Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons

In Europe it is not uncommon to find winemaking dynasties that go back dozens of generations. We can’t say the same for Napa Valley; after all,...

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November 20, 2018

It’s in the Details: Flora’s Legacy

The idea for Flora’s Legacy wines – a tribute to Flora Komes, the woman who inspired Flora Springs – came from third generation family...

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October 10, 2018

Harvest 2018: Update #3 from Winemaker Paul Steinauer

Looking out across the Flora Springs Estate on this warm and sunny day, one would never know that fires were ravaging through parts of the Napa...

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September 18, 2018

Harvest 2018: Update #2 from Winemaker Paul Steinauer

Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 was a day of “firsts” at Flora Springs: the first day we harvested Chardonnay as well as the first day of...

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Soliloquy White Wine Flora Springs Winery Napa Valley

August 21, 2018

2017 Soliloquy – An Evolution in Style

History of Soliloquy The Komes-Garvey family has spent thirty years nurturing our Crossroads Vineyard in Oakville where our proprietary Soliloquy...

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Cabernet Sauvignon Going Through Veraison

August 17, 2018

Winery & Vineyard Update from Winemaker Paul Steinauer: Harvest 2018

Well it’s that time of year again when we start thinking about the upcoming harvest. In the winery we are just finishing up the last of the...

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John Komes and Nat Komes of Flora Springs Winery in Napa Valley

August 10, 2018

Flora Springs Featured in Capital Press

Note: The following article about John Komes was originally written by Julia Hollister and published in the Capital Press on July 22, 2018 and can be...

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July 24, 2018

2017 Trilogy Update

One of the interesting facets of Trilogy is that at any one time we are working with two to three vintages…sometimes more. For instance, our 2015...

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March 16, 2018

What’s Happening in the Vineyard…Spring is Here!

Bud swell began in the vineyards on March 12th, and by the time you read this we should be well into bud break in many our blocks, which means the...

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October 17, 2017

Halloween Wine Selections from Napa Valley Life Magazine

by Doris Hobbs Trick or Treat with a ghostly blend of wine with Flora Springs All Hallows’ Eve Cabernet Franc, 2015 Ghost Winery Malbec, 2013...

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September 8, 2017

Winemaker Update 2017 #4

We have officially picked all of our Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc for the year. We started the Pinot Grigio on August 15th, and finished the...

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September 1, 2017

Flora Springs Featured in the Weekly Calistogan: Napa Valley Harvest Reports for 2017

Note: The following was excerpted from an article written by David Stoneberg and published in The Weekly Calistogan. The full article can be found...

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June 20, 2017

Winemaker Update 2017 #3

It’s that time of year when the bottling season is upon us. We have completed bottling all of our 2016 white wines, and are now bottling the 2015...

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June 7, 2017

The Unforgiving 4th Quarter by John Komes

by John Komes As a vintner, one of the questions I’m asked most often is: “Is this going to be a good year?” The reviewer, of course, is...

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May 11, 2017

Winemaker Update 2017 #2

“To ensure we are obtaining only the most premium fruit, we have had to make the difficult decision to replant vineyards when the quality...

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March 1, 2017

New Release: Introducing KG3 Rosé

KG3 is the brainchild of Nat Komes and Sean Garvey, cousins and third-generation vintners who’ve spent their lives in the wine environs of Napa...

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January 31, 2017

2014 Trilogy Video Tasting Notes

It’s a feast for the eyes! Watch this unique video that brings to life the winemaker’s tasting notes for 2014 Trilogy. Enjoy the aromas...

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October 11, 2016

Harvest 2016 Update #5

“Well, we just concluded harvest 2016! We started the harvest on Aug 16th picking Pinot Grigio in the Oak Knoll appellation, and we just...

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Harvest Update 2016 #3: Sauvignon Blanc Fermentation

September 1, 2016

Harvest 2016 Update #3

“We started our first day of harvest on Aug 16, 2016 with our Pinot Grigio, then segued into our Sauvignon Blanc on Aug 19, and completed our...

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August 16, 2016

Harvest 2016 Update #2

“We harvested our first grapes today – Pinot Grigio. Pinot Grigio from a distance looks more like a red grape than a white grape, but...

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August 19, 2015

Harvest 2015 Update #3 – And so it begins!

Assistant Winemake Enrico Bertoz brings in the first grapes of Harvest...

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January 7, 2015

Q & A with Winemaker Paul Steinauer: 2012 Trilogy

The creation of Trilogy goes back to 1984 when our family set out to make the best wine possible by selecting the highest quality lots from our...

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September 22, 2014

Harvest 2014 Update #12: Merlot Pump Over

Join Winemaker Paul Steinauer as he explains what’s happening when we do a pump over with our...

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September 4, 2014

Harvest 2014 Update #9: A Grape’s Journey

Join Winemaker Paul Steinauer as the Flora Springs team brings in the first red wine grapes of the 2014...

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August 18, 2014

Harvest 2014 Update #5

And it begins! “We have harvested grapes from our Oakville Crossroads Vineyard, Block H1 (Soliloquy Clone) into 1/2 ton picking bins –...

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December 18, 2013

Introducing 2012 Star Star Late Harvest Chardonnay

We have always loved the exotic character of late harvest white wines, and in 2012 we set aside a small quantity of Chardonnay from our Lavender Hill...

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August 6, 2013

Flora Springs Winemaker Loves His Sauvignon Blanc

Note: Flora Springs Winemaker Paul Steinauer was interviwed by The Press Democrat. The following article was published here on August 6, 2013. When...

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