In 2005, Gavin Newsom, Gordon Getty and John Conover established CADE Estate Winery to craft luxury, high-altitude estate Cabernet Sauvignon from Howell Mountain as a complement to the valley floor wines of PlumpJack Winery. Like PlumpJack, CADE takes its name from Shakespeare, who used the term to refer to the wine casks — or cades — shipped from Bordeaux to England during Elizabethan times.
CADE Estate Winery sits high above the fog line on the dramatic slopes of Howell Mountain, just northeast of the town of St. Helena. The winery blends in with the impressive contrasts of our estate, a spot where cultivated vineyard rows meet tall evergreens and native Manzanita trees, all set against a backdrop of staggering Napa Valley vistas for a visitor experience not soon forgotten.
At an elevation of 1800 feet, our estate — 54 contiguous acres surrounding the winery — experiences a unique temperature inversion. During the day, conditions are much cooler than those on the valley floor; evenings, on the other hand, grow warmer with the setting sun. This gives our grapes extended hangtime, allowing them to ripen fully and evenly for wines of exceptional density and balance.
At CADE Estate, we believe that winemaking should honor the land, both aesthetically and ecologically. Our estate’s artistic, contemporary design, with its inviting rooms and wide open terrace, encourages guests to discover the ever-changing interplay among natural and architectural spaces. We are proud to be the first organically farmed LEED Gold Certified estate winery in Napa Valley.
We also worked with local artists like Napa’s Richard Von Saal to incorporate design elements reclaimed from history. The top of our stunning CADE cave table comes from the steel of a WWII submarine, while its legs were salvaged from a vacant building.
CADE Estate Winery
360 Howell Mountain Road
South Angwin, CA 94508