Announcements
August 2023
Flora Springs 2022 Soliloquy Receives 92 Points from Forbes
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June 2023
Flora Springs 2019 Trilogy Featured in “Celebrating Queer Joy: A Wine Pairing List for ‘Age of Pleasure’” by pastemagazine.com
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June 2023
Flora Springs 2022 Soliloquy Featured in “Family-Owned Winery Releases the Latest Vintage of its Flagship White Wine” by Wine Business Monthly
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June 2023
Flora Springs 2022 Soliloquy Featured in “Introducing Flora Springs 2022 Soliloquy” by Wine Industry Network Advisor
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June 2023
Flora Springs 2020 Flora’s Legacy Chardonnay Featured in “Chardonnays Worth Tasting” by South Florida Reporter
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June 2023
Flora Springs 2020 Flora’s Legacy Chardonnay Featured in “Father’s Day Gift Guide: Chardonnays” by Forbes
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May 2023
Flora Springs 2021 Soliloquy and 2019 Trilogy Featured in “American Pleasures #8: Flora Springs, Napa Valley” by talk-a-vino.com
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May 2023
Flora Springs 2022 Rosé Featured in “Not All Rosés Are Created Equal” by thezoereport.com
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May 2023
Flora Springs 2021 Flora’s Legacy Chardonnay Featured in “15 Best Bottles of Chardonnay Worth Splurging On” by foodandwine.com
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May 2023
Flora Springs 2022 Rosé Featured in “The 30 Best Rosé Wines of 2023” by vinepair.com
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May 2023
Flora Springs 2022 Rosé Featured in “Wine Reviews: Summertime Californian Selections” and receives 91 Points by terroirist.com
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May 2023
Flora Springs 2022 Rosé Featured in “The perfect bunch of roses for Mother’s Day” by Redwinewithbreakfast.com
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May 2023
Flora Springs 2020 Wild Boar Cabernet Sauvignon Featured in “The 27 Best Cabernet Sauvignons for 2023” and Receives 90 Points from VinePair
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May 2023
Flora Springs 2021 Soliloquy Featured in “Wines for Mother’s Day” in Forbes
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April 2023
Flora Springs Rosé Featured in “Rosiest Rosé Wines For Spring” in Off The MRKT
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April 2023
Flora Springs 2021 Soliloquy and 2019 Trilogy Featured in Santé Magazine
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April 2023
Flora Springs 2021 Soliloquy Featured in “Spring is Sauvignon Blanc Season” in Wine & Whiskey Globe
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April 2023
Flora Springs Featured in “41 Cabernet Sauvignons Worth Splurging On” in Food & Wine
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March 2023
Flora Springs 2021 Soliloquy Receives 90 Points from Wine Advocate
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March 2023
Flora Springs 2019 Trilogy Featured in “25 of the Best Red Blends for 2023” & Receives 90 Points from VinePair
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February 2023
Flora Springs Featured in “The 9 Best Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons From the Storied Howell Mountain Appellation” in Robb Report
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February 2023
Flora Springs 2021 Soliloquy Receives 90 Points from Wine Spectator
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December 2022
Flora Springs 2019 Holiday Cabernet – Quail Greetings Featured in Forbes
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December 2022
Flora Springs and Wilfred’s Lounge Featured in “Where to Drink Anything but Wine in Napa, Sonoma, and Marin” in EATER San Francisco
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November 2022
Flora Springs Releases Debut Vintage of Lavender Hill Sparkling Wine
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November 2022
Flora Springs Releases 2019 Napa Valley Merlot
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November 2022
Flora Springs Releases Second Vintage of Howell Mountain Dust & Glory Cabernet Sauvignon
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September 2022
Flora Springs 2021 Soliloquy Featured on KQED Check, Please! Bay Area
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August 2022
Flora Springs 2021 Soliloquy Featured in The Press Democrat
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July 2022
Flora Springs Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons Featured in International Wine Review
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July 2022
Flora Springs and Wilfred’s Lounge Featured in “Wilfred’s Lounge, Napa’s only tiki bar, is designed like a pirate ship, complete with ghosts” in SFGATE
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June 2022
Flora Springs and Wilfred’s Lounge Featured in “Live It Up in Napa Valley” in Wine Spectator
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June 2022
Flora Springs 2020 Soliloquy Receives 90 Points & 2019 Trilogy Receives 91 Points from Wine Spectator
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June 2022
Flora Springs 2020 Soliloquy Receives 91 Points from James Suckling
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May 2022
Flora Springs 2019 Flora’s Legacy Cabernet Sauvignon Receives 94 Points from The Wine Advocate
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May 2022
Flora Springs 2020 Soliloquy Featured on Check, Please! Bay Area with Leslie Sbrocco
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May 2022
Flora Springs Sangiovese Featured in Napa Valley Life Magazine
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April 2022
Flora Springs 2020 Soliloquy Receives 93 Points & 2019 Trilogy Receives 94 Points from James The Wine Guy
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March 2022
Flora Springs 2020 Soliloquy Receives 90 Points from Wine Enthusiast
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February 2022
Flora Springs Named “Best Hidden Gem Winery” in Napa Valley Life Magazine’s 2022 Best of Napa Valley Awards Readers Choice
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January 2022
Flora Springs and Wilfred’s Lounge Featured in “5 new Bay Area tiki bars are adding a splash of innovation” in The Mercury News
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January 2022
Flora Springs 2019 Trilogy Receives 94 Points from James Suckling
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December 2021
To Mark Our Historic 40th Harvest Anniversary, Flora Springs Releases 2018 Celebrating Our 40th Harvest Cabernet Sauvignon
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December 2021
To Celebrate the Lunar New Year, Flora Springs Releases 2017 Year of the Tiger Cabernet Sauvignon Magnum
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October 2021
Flora Springs Halloween Wines Featured in “Flavorful Fall Sips” by Leslie Sbrocco, San Francisco Bay Times
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September 2021
Flora Springs Tasting Room Featured in “The varied architecture of Napa Valley’s wine country” by Napa Valley Register
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September 2021
Flora Springs 2018 Napa Valley Cabernet Receives 4.5 Stars from The Press Democrat
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August 2021
Flora Springs Releases 2019 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc
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July 2021
Flora Springs Releases 2018 Napa Valley Merlot
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June 2021
Flora Springs Featured in “Exploring The Cabernet Sauvignon Of Napa Valley, Part Six” by Forbes
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May 2021
Flora Springs 2018 Trilogy Receives 95 Points from Blue Lifestyle
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May 2021
Flora Springs Releases 2018 Napa Valley Cabernet
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March 2021
Flora Springs Featured in “9 Places to Taste Excellent Napa Valley Chardonnay” by NapaValley.com
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February 2021
Flora Springs Releases 2018 Trilogy
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January 2021
Flora Springs 2018 Trilogy Receives 93 Points from Jeb Dunnuck
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January 2021
Flora Springs 2019 Soliloquy Receives 90 Points from Jeb Dunnuck
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January 2021
Flora Springs 2018 Trilogy Receives 92 Points from James Suckling
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January 2021
Flora Springs 2019 Soliloquy Receives 91 Points from James Suckling
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December 2020
Maximilian Riedel, of Riedel Wine Glass Company, Features our 1991 Napa Valley Cabernet
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November 2020
Flora Springs 2017 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Receives 90 Points from Wine Spectator
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October 2020
Flora Springs Napa Valley Fire Relief Efforts Featured in the Wine Spectator
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October 2020
John and Nat Komes Featured in the Napa Valley Register
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September 2020
Flora Springs Releases Halloween Wines
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August 2020
Flora Springs 2017 Holy Smoke Cabernet Sauvignon Receives 97 Points & Double Gold from Blue Lifestyle
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August 2020
Flora Springs 2018 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc Receives 91 Points from Creators Syndicate
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July 2020
Flora Springs 2019 Soliloquy Receives 96 Points from Creators Syndicate
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June 2020
Flora Springs Re-opens Tasting Room in St. Helena
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June 2020
Flora Springs Releases 2019 Soliloquy
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May 2020
Flora Springs 2017 Napa Valley Merlot Receives 92 Points from Blue Lifestyle
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March 2020
Flora Springs Named “Best Hidden Gem Winery” in Napa Valley Life Magazine’s annual 2020 Best of Napa Valley Readers Choice Award
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March 2020
Flora Springs Releases 2017 Napa Valley Cabernet
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March 2020
Flora Springs 2017 Trilogy Receives 96 Points from Creators Syndicate
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February 2020
Flora Springs 2017 Trilogy Receives 93 Points from James Suckling
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February 2020
Third Generation Komes-Garvey Family Members Take Helm at Flora Springs
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February 2020
Flora Springs Entrusts Château Smith Haut Lafitte With Stewardship of Historic Napa Valley Estate
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January 2020
Flora Springs 2017 Trilogy Receives 93 Points from Blue Lifestyle
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December 2019
Flora Springs 2016 Holy Smoke Cabernet Sauvignon Receives 90 Points from Wine Enthusiast
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November 2019
Flora Springs 2018 Soliloquy Receives 93+ Points from Wine Advocate
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November 2019
Flora Springs 2018 Flora’s Legacy Chardonnay Receives 94 Points from Wine Advocate
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November 2019
Flora Springs 2016 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Receives 91 Points from Wine Enthusiast
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October 2019
Flora Springs 2018 Soliloquy Receives 91 Points from Wine Spectator
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September 2019
Flora Springs 2016 Trilogy Featured on KQED’s Check, Please! Bay Area
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September 2019
Flora Springs Receives Honorable Mention: Best Historical Journey in Annual Wine Spectator Video Contest
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August 2019
Flora Springs 2016 Trilogy Receives 92 Points from Wine Spectator
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August 2019
Flora Springs 2016 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Receives 90 Points and Named One of 8 Must-Try Napa Wines at 90+ Points from Wine Spectator
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July 2019
Flora Springs 2018 Soliloquy Receives 93 Points from Blue Lifestyle
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July 2019
Flora Springs to Participate in Rutherford Dust Society’s Day in the Dust Tasting
Winemaker Paul Steinauer will pour our 2016 Rutherford Hillside Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon at the Day in the Dust Tasting Thursday, July 18, 2019 at St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco
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June 2019
Flora Springs Presents the 2018 Soliloquy
The culmination of decades of work to recreate a wine from memory, this is the finest white wine we’ve ever made—earning its place as our flagship white wine, a fitting companion to our flagship red, Trilogy.
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Watch: “Soliloquy: A Singular Wine”
June 2019
Flora Springs 2016 Trilogy Receives 97 Points from Robert Whitley of Creators Syndicate
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May 2019
Flora Springs 2016 Napa Valley Merlot Receives 90 Points from Wine Enthusiast
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April 2019
Flora Springs’ Renews Call for #WhiteWineEmoji & Announces Contest
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April 2019
Flora Springs’ Arts in April Artist Reception with John Bonick featured in Napa Valley Register
“Flora Springs will hold an artist reception with John Bonick, from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 12, at The Room in St. Helena.
For this year’s Arts in April installation, Bonick has created “Flora’s Garden” – a series of 8 feet by 3 feet tulips of dibond aluminum adorning the exterior façade of The Room in St. Helena.” Read more.
April 2019
2016 Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons Released
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February 2019
Flora Springs’ Premiere Napa Valley Results
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February 2019
2015 Trilogy Receives 92 points from Wine Spectator
“This is solid, with a core of crushed plum and warmed raspberry puree flavors inlaid liberally with anise and apple wood notes. Shows juicy, brambly energy through the finish that brings you back for more.” – James Molesworth
February 2019
2016 Trilogy is Released
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December 2018
Dunne on Wine: A California wine for everyone on your gift list
The Sacramento Bee
“For every grape variety it handles, from cabernet sauvignon through malbec, Flora Springs Winery is one of the more consistently reliable producers in Napa Valley. It just never disappoints, and each year at least one of its wines ends up on my list of favorites. This year it is the Flora Springs Winery 2015 Napa Valley Merlot ($30), which all on its own could revive merlot as a staple of the American table for its vivacious fruit, startling complexity and refreshing buoyancy…” Read more.
December 2018
Flora Springs Receives 2018 BoardRoom Magazine “Excellence in Achievement” Award
November 2018
Peaks & Valleys
California Merlot is at its best in Napa, where vineyards at diverse elevations deliver distinctive styles
Wine Spectator
“An exceptionally priced wine for the quality is the Flora Springs Merlot Napa Valley 2014 (92, $30), with silky tannins behind the spicy red fruit flavors.” Read more.
November 2018
4 spectacular Sonoma and Napa wineries dress up for the holidays
The Mercury News
“Winery namesake Flora Komes loves the holidays and each year, her grandkids and winery employees go up to her attic for decorations and inspiration. The main estate on Zinfandel Lane is always decorated, but it’s the main tasting room on Highway 29 that gets the full tree and tinsel treatment. A giant wreath and ornaments outside make the already eye-catching modern building even more noticeable. Inside, it’s wall-to-wall trees, wreaths and garlands…” Read more.
October 2018
The Napa Ghost Wineries You Can Visit
San Francisco Chronicle
“Flora Springs: This former home of the 1900 Rennie Brothers Winery in St. Helena, suffered a one-two punch at the turn of the 20th century. Not only were its vineyards hit by phylloxera, but a fire in its wine cellar decimated its production capabilities. After decades of inactivity, the property was purchased in the mid 1970s and renamed Flora Springs…” Read more.
October 2018
93 points
The Wine Advocate
“The 2017 Soliloquy is blended of 44% Sauvignon Blanc, 42% Chardonnay and 14% Malvasia. It reveals key lime pie, lemon tart and green apples on the nose with wafts of mandarin peel and peach blossoms. The palate is medium-bodied with beautifully fragrant citrus layers and seamless freshness, finishing long and perfumed.” —Lisa Perrotti-Brown
October 2018
Wine of the week: Flora Springs All Hallows’ Eve 2016 Cabernet Franc Napa Valley
St. Helena Star
“It’s Halloween — it’s time for stories! Why not gather up friends and good wine on the 31st for a night’s respite from the weekly grind? Adding a wine like Flora Spring’s iconic All Hallows’ Eve Cabernet Franc brings good fun to the mix…” Read more.
September 2018
We Finally Have A White Wine Emoji
Forbes
“The red wine emoji is a highly present, and frequently used, icon on every smartphone in the country. It has also long been a way for wine industry executives to promote the perennially chic red part of their production and products. However, now that white wine its getting its—long overdue—time to shine, as a new marketing campaign heats up to make the icon more available…
The Napa-based winery Flora Springs Winery has been one of the emoji’s biggest supporters….” Read more.
August 2018
Flora Springs campaign for a white wine emoji catches on
Napa Valley Register
“Flora Springs Winery & Vineyards announced that the campaign it launched in December 2017 to promote the establishment of a white wine emoji has been embraced by the global wine community with several petitions, including Flora Springs’ own, to the Unicode Consortium, the body that governs when and how such coding developments and updates occur…” Read more.
August 2018
White Wine Needs an Emoji
WineandSpirits.com
by Priscilla Felton
“Red wine has an emoji. Sparkling wine has an emoji. Beer has two emojis. Cocktails have a plethora of them. But white wine has none. How unfair is that?
But we can change that and thanks to Flora Springs Winery & Vineyards, white wine is now on the radar of the Unicode Consortium governing body of such things worldwide. Flora Springs’ campaign for a White Wine Emoji began in late 2017…” Read more.
July 2018
#WhiteWineEmoji Campaign Featured in Major Publications
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July 2018
Western Innovator: Vineyard, winery work in progress
Capital Press
By Julia Hollister
“John Komes can tell you a lot about viticulture and the changes he’s witnessed; he’s been at it for 41 years.
“My ‘first’ career was as a contractor, and I worked on construction projects all over the Bay Area,” he said. “But in the early 1970s I took a wine appreciation course and my fascination with wine just took off. When my parents bought the Flora Springs property in 1977, I convinced them to let me start making wine from the vines there…” Read more.
June 2018
90 points
International Wine Report
“The 2015 Trilogy is an immense, ultra-modern Napa Valley red…It opens to profound aromatics of blackberry cobbler, crème de cassis, mocha, sweet spices, vanilla, sweet toasted oak and a touch of dusty notes all taking shape. Full-bodied, layered and intense on the palate, with profound depth and concentration. Ripe dark fruits and mocha flavors continue to resonate from its core, as it leads up to the long, mouth coating finish…” Read more.
May 2018
Flora Springs’ Classy 2015 Reds
Steve’s Wine Cellar
“Flora Springs fruit comes from their prime, organic vineyards in St. Helena, Rutherford, and Oakville. Flora Springs‘ latest release is the 2015 vintage–and what a vintage…” Read more.
May 2018
91 points
James Suckling
2015 Flora Springs Holy Smoke Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
“Lots of herbs to this cab as well as dark plums and morello cherries. Full body, lots of dense fruit, some fresh acidity and a fruit-forward finish. Drink in 2020.”
May 2018
St. Helena Star
by Aunt Helena
“This one’s for all you texters who know what an emoji is. For the uninitiated (which 10 minutes ago included me) an emoji is a little picture you can insert in a message to someone on those occasions when words just can’t do the trick. Flora Springs is pushing for the creation of a white wine emoji. Apparently, there’s already a red one. So Flora Springs wants you to post something pertaining to white wine on social media with the code “#whitewineemoji @florasprings.” Got it? Neither do I completely, but the winner will get a prize, so there you have it.” Read more.
May 2018
Cape Gazette
by John McDonald
Make a splash with well-reviewed Sauvignon Blancs
The Sauvignon Blanc season is upon us. Here are my suggestions, in no particular order, for those I consider the best of show.
Flora Springs Napa, 93 points, is Double Gold. Complex nose of tropical fruit, pineapple, peach, apricot, grapefruit, lemon, honey, vanilla, which leads into a complex palate of more tropical fruit, grapefruit, Meyer lemon, passionfruit, a touch of jalapeño and mineral support. Creamy finish with vanilla.
May 2018
Drink up! This pair is delicious
JuliatheWineExaminer.com
“Flora Springs has created a 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot that celebrate winemaking skills and define elegance. Your time swirling and sipping this incredible selection is long past due…” Read more.
April 2018
Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine
90 points | 1 Puff – 2015 Flora Springs Trilogy, Napa Valley
On the basis of its ripe and fairly juicy, oak-sweetened aromas, it is easy enough to anticipate that this one will be rounded, ready-to-drink wine, but, if its initially up-front flavors are in fact fruity and very inviting in a way that distantly recalls good Merlot, it is all Cabernet Sauvignon in terms of its youthful tannins and obvious tactile grip. It is not ominously astringent, but it is firmly built and will take some time to make good on the promise of polish at which it now hints, and, while it warrants no less than three or four years of patience, we see it evolving favorably for seven to ten.
April 2018
Napa Valley Register
St. Helena’s Flora Springs to celebrate National Library Week by pouring library wines
Flora Springs will celebrate National Library Week by pouring select library wines at both The Estate and The Room next week, April 8-15. Featured wines will include rare, cellared vintages of Flora Springs’ flagship red wine blend, Trilogy. Library wines will also be available via the winery’s website.
April 2018
7×7 Magazine
by Jen Woo
Wedding Inspiration: The City, Wine + All That Jazz
A gorgeous ceremony at San Francisco City Hall, photo opps at the Golden Gate Bridge, an evening of jazz, and a weekend of wine…
Love usually sparks from a physical attraction—in this case, the bride and groom connected through college sports. Before jocks Jocelyn Fisher (Duke University) and Dennis Gates (Florida State) were introduced, their mutual friend asked Fisher if she was ready to meet her future husband. She thought nothing of it…until she saw him. “Really handsome,” she recalls.
A casual conversation was followed by a phone call later that evening, which led to a date the next week—and every week after that. After five years of dates, Gates popped the question. Fisher says she knew, even before she said yes, that they would be wed inside the stunning Beaux Arts walls of SF City Hall.
The couple kept their ceremony intimate, with just a small group friends who flew in from all over the United States. After breakfast, the bride and her closest friends rode the cable car to City Hall; a reception at 1300 Fillmore, in the historic Jazz District, followed the nuptials.
The party didn’t stop there. The couple and their 70 guests ran off to Napa Valley for a weekend of sipping vino at Domaine Chandon, Flora Springs, and Artesa.
March 2018
The Ellsworth American
Be true to your teeth lest they be false to you
by Stephen Fay
Sticking with a red all evening is extra easy when the host is serving Flora Springs 2013 Napa Valley Red Wine. Here you have a classic blend of Bordeaux varietals: 52 percent Cabernet Sauvignon; 20 percent Merlot, 17 percent Syrah, 8 percent Petit Verdot and 3 percent Cabernet Franc. This is a fruit-driven elixir big on berries and plums. It tastes wonderful and pairs handsomely with beef, pasta or just French bread and cheese.
March 2018
Napa Valley Register
Flora Springs Winery Celebrates the Contemporary Artist
In conjunction with Arts in April, Flora Springs Winery & Vineyards will celebrate contemporary artists with demonstrations, installations and performances that showcase the artists at work, paired with wine flights featuring the winery’s artist series labels.
Throughout the month, Flora Springs — The Room will feature artwork from metal artists Taped Metal Canvas and Snapped With Love Photography. In addition, the winery has invited visual artists working in spray paint, chalk, metal, paint to present live demonstrations, which will be accompanied by live music and Flora Springs and Jon Nathaniel Wines featuring popular artistic labels.
March 2018
The Daily Meal
25 Wines to Drink Now or Lay Down for the Future
By Roger Morris
Wines worth holding for three to five years (or longer): Flora Springs Trilogy Napa Valley Red Wine 2015 ($85). A rich and delicious blend of mainly cabernet sauvignon with a little malbec and petit verdot, offering velvety flavors of blackberry and mulberry and a light oak accent.
March 2018
DallasWineChick.com
by Melanie Ofenloch
As a wine blogger, I get a lot of samples and I am very grateful to have the chance to try the amount of samples I do. But occasionally, there are wines that when I open the box I drop my “professionalism” and I am sure you might hear an involuntarily “whoo hoo” rallying cry. Today I am going to write about a few of those wines that have earned that reaction. Note, several of these are special occasion wines and most of them have a price tag that commands that experience. But, I highly recommend splurging for that special occasion.
2015 Flora Springs Trilogy
Flora Springs is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, but has a legacy that dates back to 1800 when grapes were first planted on its Napa Valley property, by James and William Rennie. The winery is run by John Komes and his son Nat, while the vineyards are farmed by Pat Garvey (John’s brother-in-law) and his son, Sean. Paul Steinauer (who’s been with Flora Springs since 1990) is winemaker. The Komes family honors that history with sustainability, ghost wines and honoring the land that it farms.
February 2018
Capital Gazette
by Tom Marquardt and Patrick Darr
Flora Springs Trilogy 2015 ($80). Flora Springs was a pioneer in making a Bordeaux blend — its first was in 1984. It’s no surprise, then, that experience and good fruit sources makes them a leader in hedonistic blends. Extracted dark fruit flavors with hints of pepper, chocolate and vanilla. Round tannins suggest good things to come. (New French oak: 85 percent; 15 percent American oak for 22 months.)
February 2018
Napa Valley Life Magazine
by Doris Hobbs
Flora Springs Winery & Vineyard hosted their 14th annual Trilogy Release Party on Saturday, Feb. 3rd, at the winery’s estate in St. Helena. Hosted by Flora Springs’ owners, the Komes and Garvey families, the event celebrates the release of the 2015 vintage of the winery’s signature red wine, Trilogy and features food, wines, music and tours of the winery’s hillside caves.
The creation of Trilogy goes back to 1984 where the passion of Owner John Komes, set out to make the best wine possible by selecting the highest quality wine lots culled from their estate vineyards. By blending traditional Bordeaux varietals – Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc – they’ve created one of the original Meritage wines. Over the years they’ve added other Bordeaux varietals to this Cabernet-based blend, always seeking to create the very finest wine from each individual vintage.
Exclusive guest and wine club members joined the Flora Spring family to sample the estates newest vintage of Trilogy while strolling the estate grounds and taking in the sweeping views of the vineyards used to create their wine. Chefs from some of the region’s finest restaurants where serving delicious bites paired to enhance everyone’s enjoyment during Trilogy’s Release Party.
Nat Komes General Manager and 3rd generation of Flora Springs explains, “We try to make this event bigger and bigger each year. I grew up here in St. Helena and by doing so you always long for the city, so with that, I want those who attend to have it all.”
January 2018
Review: 2015 Flora Springs Trilogy
by Christopher Null
Rated: A | For 2015, Trilogy cuts a soulful, silky, and seductive profile, bursting at the seams with fruit both fresh and dried — plump currants, fresh plums, and dense blackberry notes. The fruit is so powerful the wine comes across as slightly sweet at times, and it cuts easily through any sense of tannin that might otherwise cling to the palate. As the finish evolves, bramble notes emerge alongside some gentle leather and tobacco, with an herbal, clove-heavy note percolating on the finish. Lots going on here, but at the same time, the wine is so easy to drink that it is, at times, hard to put down.
January 2018
Millennial Drinkers
91+ pts – 2015 FLORA SPRINGS TRILOGY
Estate: Flora Springs Family Estate
Region: Napa Valley, North Coast, California, United States of America
Deep and dark purplish ruby red. Layered nose with notes of vanilla bean, anise, cinnamon, cassis, blackberries and more baking spices. A little dark cocoa with some air. Medium plus tannins (6.5/10) and full body potential. A little spicy on the palate with lots of red and black fruits. Notes of cinnamon and sweet spices too. Long and lingering finish. Still just a baby that will improve with a few months, even years in the bottle.
January 2018
JuliatheWineExaminer.com
There is 3x decadence in ‘Trilogy’
Flora Springs has created a red Bordeaux blend that celebrates the incredible fusion of three varietals that define elegance. Your time swirling and sipping this incredible selection is long past due. This is bliss in a bottle.
The original “Trilogy” – a combination of Bordeaux varietals cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc – goes back years when Flora Springs Estate set out to craft the best wine possible from wine lots selected from its vineyards. Over the years their wine wizards have added other Bordeaux varietals to the original blend that displays huge structure and rich fruit.
January 2018
James Suckling’s – TOP 100 NAPA AND SONOMA WINES OF 2017
#99 – 2014 FLORA SPRINGS NAPA VALLEY TRILOGY – 95 points
I like the juicy fruit and peat and mushrooms. Full-bodied, juicy and fruity. Soft and round tannins and a pretty finish. 87% cabernet sauvignon, 7% petit verdot and 6% malbec. Drink in 2020.
December 2017
Bullz-Eye.com
Wines for everyone on your holiday gift list
by Gabe Sasso
Wine is the perfect holiday gift. Nearly everyone loves a glass of wine with dinner or as a standalone beverage. Every year that passes, there are more and more brands on store shelves from U.S. producers and the rest of the world too. Making a choice can be a bit daunting, but fear not, because I’ve done the heavy lifting for you, tasting through a large quantity of different wine in a myriad of price points and styles. The wines below have one thing in common: they’re all really delicious.
Flora Springs 2014 Trilogy Red Wine
2014 is the 30th vintage of Trilogy, Flora Springs’ flagship wine. …
December 2017
The Napa Valley Register
Flora Springs 2014 Holiday Blend Joyful Angel
Perhaps one of the magical attractions to Napa Valley wine is the fact that it is hand-made. Yes, there are technical advances that can practically make the wine sans humans, but 95 percent of Napa Valley’s wineries are family-owned and the industry here has a hands-on approach. You aren’t going to spend outrageous amounts of money on Napa Valley grapes and not have a hand in things.
Flora Springs takes this a step further, offering different hand-etched and hand-painted bottles (there’s a video on their site) each holiday. For 2017, there is the Joyful Angel as well as a Marching Soldier and Snowflake Dancers; the latter inspired by delicate cut-outs Flora had made with her grandsons on holidays past.
December 2017
JuliatheWineExaminer.com
Flora Springs unwraps two presents
Flora Springs has two dynamic selections, dressed up in etched, hand-painted holiday bottles that will make the giver the toast of the season. But, that’s if you really want to share this festive duo.
The 2015 Dashaway Chardonnay ($45) features a whimsical reindeer pulling a gift-laden sleigh flying over the Napa Valley vineyards on Christmas Eve…
Flora Springs’ 2014 Red Wine Blend ($65) features an angel heralding “Joy to the World”…
December 2017
The Sacramento Bee – A wine for most any occasion this holiday season
by Mike Dunne
When the dinner party is more serious and formal
Flora Springs 2014 Napa Valley Merlot
The Flora Springs is an ample, plummy and mocha-laced take on the varietal. It takes a while to open, but when it does it is profound as well as readily accessible.
December 2017
Boardroom Magazine – Announces Flora Springs as a Recipient of Excellence in Achievement Award
“The BoardRoom Awards are the only awards in the private club industry that recognize private clubs’ business partners, and every year we see increasing innovation, achievement, a vision and dedication from BoardRoom Award recipients. And of course, private clubs are the beneficiary of outstanding work of the industry’s vendors,” said John Fornaro, publisher of the BoardRoom Magazine
Each year, winners are selected for overall excellence in their respective fields.
November 2017
Lux Magazine – Wine & Spirits Awards
Flora Springs receives the “2017 Napa Valley Vineyard of the Year & Best Bordeaux Varietal Wine: Flora Springs 2014 Trilogy” from Lux Magazine.
October 2017
Leslie Sbrocco- Thirsty Girl Life. Drink it Up!
BOO-ze. Happy Halloween!
It’s not hard to find spooky sips to enjoy the festivities adult style. I will be pouring Flora Springs Winery’s reds. It is the place to look for Hallowine fun. Their annual Ghost Winery label artwork changes yearly and I always look forward to their whimsical and delicious celebration of Halloween.
October 2017
Cliff’s Wine Picks
2013 Flora Springs Ghost Winery Red Wine
Flora Springs puts out several “holiday-themed” bottles a year. Even though the labels are a bit whimsical, the wine in the bottle is serious stuff. This year the winery produced three Halloween themed bottles under their “Ghost Winery” label. The Ghost Winery label is named for the stone cellar on the winery’s property that was built in 1885. In 1977 Flora Springs’ owners, Flora and Jerry Komes, renovated the “Ghost Winery”.
October 2017
The Agusta Chronicle
Wine Time: Flora Springs Ghost Winery Red Blend 2013, Napa Valley
by Dennis Sodomka
What: It’s time to start planning what to drink for Halloween. There are many holiday-themed labels, and your favorite wine shop should have plenty in stock.
It is fun to be silly on this holiday, but this Flora Springs GhostWinery Red Blend is not one to sip while you’re passing out candy to the neighborhood ghosts and goblins. This is a special occasion wine that you should serve at a nice dinner with time to savor it.
It is a serious wine in a fun package, with a label design by Wes Freed, known for his CD cover art. He produced three special labels this year, Ghost Jumper (which I had), Cemetery Band and Dead Man’s Vineyard Party. They’re all playful and fun, and really well done. The wine is the same regardless of which label you get. Flora Springs also has several other Halloween-themed wines available through its website.
This wine is spooky good. It is a cabernet sauvignon-based blend with enticing aromas of black cherries and spice that leads to blackberry, plum and cassis flavors. The tannins are well integrated with the fruit-forward flavors. This is a wine that should age well for several years.
October 2017
Napa Valley Life Magazine
HALLOWEEN WINE SELECTIONS IN NAPA VALLEY
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 Harvest Witch Cabernet Sauvignon, and more.
October 2017
JuliatheWineExaminer.com
Drink up! If you dare
Just in time for menacing tales and spirits, Flora Springs Winery and Vineyard brings forth a wine to coincide with Halloween.
The Napa Valley winery has the distinction of being home to one of the regions original “ghost wineries.” These were built between 1860 and 1900 but abandoned in the early 20th century due to three “curses”: the vine disease phylloxera, the Great Depression, and Prohibition. Some remain shuttered but Flora Springs was restored and produces wickedly delicious selections.
Its 2013 small production Ghost Winery Napa Valley Red Wine exudes chocolate, ripe plum and blueberry notes followed by thrilling spice, cedar, and white pepper flavors. This is a muscular wine not meant for the faint of heart, but for those who dare to sip in the dark. Serve this with sauced ribs or roasted bat wings.
Behind the label by iconic artist Wes Freed, are haunting figures of a ghastly zombie jam session cursed by hovering, hungry crows and two bats watching from a hillside.
So, light the candles and let mysterious forces bring magic into your glass.
September 2017
KQED FOOD- Check, Please! Bay Area with Leslie Sbrocco
2014 Flora Springs Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California $45
Flora Springs was founded in 1978 by Jerry and Flora Komes. Today, it remains a family operation and is a winery I consider a Napa Valley classic. As such, Cabernet Sauvignon is their calling card. This version marries fruit from their estate vineyards — including Rutherford and Oakville — giving it purity of fruit laced with appealing dusty aromas. It is lush and layered with integrated oak and polished tannins. A beauty of a red that showcases this Napa classic at its best.
September 2017
Napa Valley Register
Opening for Emmylou: Flora Springs hosts a benefit for Jesuit Refugee Services
Sean Garvey has a pretty cool gig coming up: opening act for singer/songwriter Emmylou Harris when she performs a benefit concert Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) at Flora Springs Winery on Oct. 6.
“It’s kind of fun, opening for EmmyLou Harris,” the local musician and grapegrower said. “People ask how did you get this gig? I say, ‘My mother.’”
Mom is Julie Garvey, a woman who has forged a personal journey through the valley. She had worked with her brother, John Komes, developing and running Flora Springs Winery, after their father bought a ghost winery in the 1970s.
September 2017
Santa Cruz Sentinel
California Wine of the Week: Flora Springs 2016 Chardonnay, Napa Valley, Family Select
The Flora Springs 2016 Chardonnay is a lovely, rounded wine perfect for the last hot days of the season. With a rich stately presence, this wine represents some of the best of Flora Springs winemaking.
The winery: Proprietor John Komes has been making Chardonnay for 40 years – it was his first vintage for Flora Springs. In that time, he’s seen an evolution in the way chardonnay is made with his version barreled on the lees in French oak giving it a rich, creamy feel.
Why like it: The Flora Springs Chardonnay is both floral and fruity. Flavors of strawberry, pineapple, lemon and vanilla are balanced nicely with the tastes of summer fruit. Buttery and rounded, it has a lush mouthfeel and is good on its own.
Pair it with: Artichoke soup, chicken, fruit salad.
August 2017
Brisco Bites
Flora Springs 2016 Family Estate Sauvignon Blanc
John Komes, co-owner of Flora Springs, may have a self-proclaimed love affair with Chardonnay, but his son Nat, the general manager at the winery, is a fanboy for Sauvignon Blanc. The Komes family have been farming the white grape for over three decades, utilizing the two vineyards sourced for this bottle for the past two decades. Apparently, there has been some talk about, and the temptation to, graft these vines over to Cabernet Sauvignon (Flora Springs is well known for their big bold reds.) But with Nat’s encouragement, the family’s held back. And, personally, I’m glad they have. Well-structured Sauvignon Blancs are hard to find — but with the clonal mix along with the combination of different aging techniques, that’s exactly what Flora Springs have produced with this 2016 vintage.
About the Wine: The Flora Springs 2016 Family Estate Sauvignon Blanc is made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc grapes (60% Soliloquy clone, 40% Musque clone) harvested from two Flora Springs estate vineyards — predominantly the Soliloquy Vineyard — both of which are located in Napa Valley’s Oakville.
August 2017
What to Drink Now: Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon by Dallas Magazine
Cool down with these juicy wines.
by Haley Hamilton Cogill
Refreshing Sauvignon Blanc and textured Sémillon are the perfect wines to sip through the end of summer. Here are a few suggestions:
Flora Springs sur lie ages their Soliloquy Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc in oak and stainless steel for eight months, adding complexity, enhancing honeysuckle, cream, and stone-fruit notes.
August 2017
Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine awards 92 points & 2 Puffs to 2016 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc
July 2017
The Estate is now open Sundays
June 2017
San Francisco Chamber Highlights Flora Springs
May 2017
Flora Springs featured in The Napa Valley Register, Flora Springs: 40 years of stories in the Napa Valley by Sasha Paulsen
Say “Flora Springs Winery,” and many people will think of the distinctive tasting room on Highway 29, just south of St. Helena, the one inspired by the imaginative Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí that looks a bit like a soft-swirl ice cream cone, chocolate and vanilla.
But there’s a story behind the unusual tasting room — about a mile behind it, at the end of West Zinfandel lane in a stone ghost winery that is, literally, the roots of Flora Springs…Read more.
April 2017
Flora Springs featured in The Ellsworth American, Victims of Volstead by Stephen Fay
If you thought Prohibition was tough on wine drinkers, imagine what it did to wine makers…Read more.
April 2017
Celebrating April with new art at Flora Springs – Napa Valley Register
In celebration of Arts in April throughout the Napa Valley, the tasting room at Flora Springs Winery has a new art installation by local artists, The Baker Sisters.
With an installation that celebrates the Hawaiian heritage of Flora Komes, the woman who inspired the founding of Flora Springs Winery 40 years ago, St. Helena’s Baker Sisters have worked their magic again at The Room, the winery’s tasting room in St. Helena.
In conjunction with Arts Council Napa Valley’s annual Arts in April, the creative duo has transformed the exterior of The Room with a living art piece that features a young lei-bedecked woman playfully tossing flowers into the air. Wearing a skirt composed of hundreds of live flowers, the woman echoes the classicized image of “Flora” that appears on each label of Flora Springs wine.
The art installation will be up through mid-May. Each weekend in April the tasting room will feature a mix of live music, live painting sessions, a barbershop quartet, and spontaneous songs courtesy of Serf & James, featured artists at BottleRock.
On Friday, April 21, the winery will recognize Earth Day with Flora’s Social, an after-hours event from 5 to 8 p.m., including an art show curated by the Baker Sisters, live music, a DJ and plenty of wine and food. More information is available at florasprings.com or by calling (707) 967-8032 or emailing theroom@florasprings.com.
April 2017
St. Helena’s Flora Springs to pour library wines in celebration of National Library Week
In recognition of National Library Week, Flora Springs Winery & Vineyard, a family-owned, Napa Valley wine estate established in 1977, will pour selected library wines at both The Estate and The Room next week from Saturday, April 8, to Saturday, April 15. Featured wines, also available for sale, will include the 1989, 1995, and 2011 vintages of Flora Springs Trilogy, a Bordeaux-style red blend that the winery has produced for 30 years.
“As we celebrate our 40th year of making wine in Napa Valley, it seems appropriate to offer these beautifully-aged Trilogy vintages that people rarely have an opportunity to taste,” said Nat Komes, third generation vintner and general manager of Flora Springs. “And it seemed fun and fitting to coincide with National Library Week, especially since the theme this year is “Libraries Transform.”
The Room, Flora Springs’ tasting room located at 677 St. Helena Highway in St. Helena, will feature live music on both Saturdays, April 8 and 15. Both The Room and The Estate, located at 1978 West Zinfandel Lane in St. Helena, are open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week. Reservations are required to visit The Estate. Additional tasting fees for the library wines may apply.
In addition to offering library vintages of Trilogy, Flora Springs also will offer a special release of two of its single vineyard cabernet sauvignons, via its website, florasprings.com.
February 2017
Flora Springs Named one of the Best Napa Valley Wineries to Visit by Food & Wine Magazine
Out of over 400 wineries in Napa Valley, Food & Wine Magazine chose just 54, including Flora Springs, as the “Best to Visit.”
January 2017
2014 Trilogy Awarded 93 points by The Wine Advocate
Robert M. Parker, Jr. notes, “Their 2014 Trilogy…is a wine of suppleness, complexity and loads of licorice, tobacco leaf, blackcurrants, spice and some background oak and espresso. Medium to full-bodied, with gorgeous fruit, texture and length, this is a beauty to drink over the next 10-15 or so years, although it is already displaying its undeniable charm and lusciousness.
One of the more historic and long-term producers of Napa Valley wine (particularly their bevy of Cabernet Sauvignons), Flora Springs Winery and Vineyards sits on the west side of Highway 29 in Rutherford. Along with Joseph Phelps, they were one of the first to produce a proprietary Bordeaux blend from various grapes.”
December 2016
Flora Springs Celebrates the 30th Release of Trilogy
On February 4, 2017, Flora Springs will celebrate the 30th release of the flagship wine Trilogy at the 15th annual Trilogy Release Party. Learn more.
November 2016
2013 St. Helena Rennie Reserve Named #74/100 Top Napa Valley Reds 2016 by James Suckling
The wine was also awarded 94 points, and the reviewer notes: “Wow. Impressive nose with so much dark and opulent fruit, yet remains floral and precise. Full-bodied palate with lots of licorice, dark chocolate, black currant and toasted oak. Flamboyant yet fresh and lively. Drink now.”
October 2016
2013 Trilogy Scores 94 in Wine Enthusiast magazine
The reviewer called the 2013 Trilogy a “wow” wine with “grace and plenty of body, smoothly textured and refined.”
September 2016
Flora Springs Unveils New Website
With improved graphics, rich content and enhanced features such as an interactive historical timeline, the new Flora Springs website was launched in time for the busy fall and holiday seasons.
September 2016
Flora Springs Partners with BoardRoom magazine & Distinguished Clubs of America
Flora Springs is partnering with Distinguished Clubs of America, providing wine for the organization’s national conference. Proprietor John Komes is featured in the September/October issue of BoardRoom magazine.
September 2016
Flora Springs to Participate in Premier Napa Valley 2017
Flora Springs is excited to participate in the 2017 Premiere Napa Valley! For over twenty years this annual grand tasting and futures auction for the trade has helped fund the Napa Valley Vintners efforts to promote, protect and enhance the Napa Valley appellation. Like other vintners who participate, we’ll be creating a one-of-a-kind wine lot just for the auction.
May 2016
JamesSuckling.com
Four Flora Springs wines score 92 and above from internationally acclaimed wine critic and journalist James Suckling. Wines and scores include: 2013 Flora’s Legacy Cabernet Sauvignon (94 points), 2013 Rennie Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (94 points), 2013 Rutherford Hillside Reserve (93 points), 2013 Trilogy (92 points).
April 2015
Flora Springs Announces New Logo, Labels and Packaging
Flora Springs unveiled a new logo, labels and packaging designed to reflect a stronger brand identity and more clearly convey key messages about the Napa Valley estate’s core values. “While critical elements of the original design have been retained, the new package tells the Flora Springs story in a clearer, more compelling way,” said Nat Komes, third generation vintner and general manager of Flora Springs, who noted that this is the first significant package change in several years.