Private Tasting
90 minutes · up to 8 guests
Walk the cellar and the vineyard with one of us, then settle at your own table for the wines, paired with quiet, the view, and as much time as you want.
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O'Brien Estate Winery · Oak Knoll District, Napa ValleyO'Brien Estate · Napa Valley
The #1 Wine Tasting
The #1 Wine Tasting
Experience in Napa Valley
A family-owned Napa Valley estate, planted and poured by the O'Briens since 2000. Every tasting is private and seated: your own table, your own host, and no crowd.
#1 Winery & Travel Destination in Napa Valley
U.S. News & World Report
1,400+ 5-Star Reviews
Across Google, Yelp, and Tripadvisor
94–98 Robert Parker Points
Across our Reserve & Estate wines
As Featured, Reviewed & Awarded
Awards & Certifications
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Choose your experience.
Every tasting is private and seated. Reservations required; peak-season dates sell out 2 to 3 weeks ahead.
Reserve Tasting
120 minutes · up to 6 guests
A tasting of our Reserve wines, made in small 100-case lots: Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and the Unrestrained blend.
ReserveSpecial Event
Custom · 9 to 20+ guests
Anniversaries, proposals, company retreats. Have the estate to yourselves. Typically the only ask is six or more cases of wine, with no site fee, so you get real value.
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The O'Brien Estate visit
The anti-winery winery, and the best afternoon in Napa.
From planting to bottling, everything happens on forty acres in the Oak Knoll District, thirty-three of them planted to vine. When you arrive, one of the family walks you past the goats to a private table overlooking the vineyard.
No tasting bar. No lecture. No crowd. Just five estate wines, the view across the valley to the Mayacamas, and as much time as you want.
"It's always personal, never rushed, and the kind of experience that sticks with you."
What guests say
"The best winery I've been to in Napa."
The table
Settle in, and stay as long as you like.
Your table is set among the vines, and it's yours for the afternoon. Guests routinely tell us they spent three hours here without once feeling rushed.
The estate
Grown, made, and bottled on the same forty acres.
Every bottle you taste was grown in the vines outside the window and bottled a few steps from where you're sitting. It's the reason U.S. News named this the #1 winery and travel destination in the valley.
1,400+ five-star reviews
★★★★★
"One of our favorite stops in Napa. The experience felt personal, relaxed, and welcoming from start to finish."
Google review
★★★★★
"The wine is out of this world and the setting is second to none across the Valley."
Google review
★★★★★
"Spent 3 hours here drinking the wines and taking in the incredible views."
Google review
★★★★★
"A wonderful afternoon at the picnic table amongst the vines, drinking wine and speaking with Bart."
Yelp review
★★★★★
"Our guide never rushed us, and invited us to roam through the vineyards and try the grapes."
Yelp review
★★★★★
"We became members after just one visit. This place is completely special."
Google review
★★★★★
"Members for 14 years, and every visit still feels like the first."
Google review
Recurring themes across hundreds of reviews: unhurried, personal, and the owners' poetry on the back of every bottle.
Before you arrive
What to expect.
Simple, on purpose. Here's the whole process, start to finish.
01
Confirm your reservation
Select your tasting and reserve your date online. Peak-season dates go fast.
02
We meet you at the door
Arrive a few minutes early. One of the family walks you out to your table.
03
Your table, your pace
No script, no rush. Stay as long as the afternoon allows.
Hours & directions
Getting here.
May to October · open Monday to Sunday
November to April · open Wednesday to Sunday
By reservation only. We don't accept walk-ins.
1200 Orchard Ave, Napa, CA 94558
A short drive from downtown Napa, just off the valley floor. There's no crowd and no rush. Arriving a few minutes early lets us start your tasting right on time.
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overlooking the vines.
overlooking the vines.
Private, seated, and unhurried, at the winery U.S. News named the #1 travel destination in Napa. Peak-season dates go fast.
Reserve Your Table Reservations required · no walk-ins