Caymus Vineyards

For eight generations, our family has lived in and loved the Napa Valley.  Working the land with our own hands has given us insights into grape growing and winemaking that cannot be found in any farm manual or book.  We think of ourselves as farmers at heart, because that is what our family winery was founded on and it is what continues to help set us apart in both quality and innovation today.  The Wagner Family of Wine began as a small Rutherford winery that was established by Charlie and Lorna Wagner, together with their son, Chuck.  In the 1960’s, Charlie and Lorna foresaw a bleak future for the family’s prune and walnut crops so they decided to pull out their trees and plant Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling and Pinot Noir grapes.   It was in 1972 that Chuck and his parents decided to go “all in” and formalize the family’s long-standing tradition of winemaking when they recognized they could make a better living by selling the great quality ‘home’ wines they had been making from grapes they were growing on their property. They established their own winery and decided to name it “Caymus Vineyards”, after a Mexican land grant owned by George Yount that had once encompassed their land.