Traveling north from Napa, Yountville is the second valley floor sub-appellation that you will encounter. Because of its southern location and exposure to cooling winds coming off of the San Pablo Bay, Yountville has one of in California’s Napa’s coolest climates. Wine making began in Yountville in 1836 when George Colvert Yount planted the first vineyard and began producing wines about eight years later. Although Yountville has a long grape growing history, it wasn’t until the mid 1980’s that the region established itself as one of American’s best wine growing areas.