Anderson's Conn Valley Vineyards

Anderson's Conn Valley Vineyards Private cave tastings. No crowds, no script — just you, the wine, and Todd Anderson, who's farmed this land for 43 years.
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Named Best Winemaker & Best Hidden Gem by Napa Valley Life.📞 707-963-8600

Last night in Marco Island.38 people. Four courses. Five wines. And wine club members who drove three hours to be there....
06/25/2026

Last night in Marco Island.

38 people. Four courses. Five wines. And wine club members who drove three hours to be there.
That last part is the one that stays with me.

Three hours in a car to sit down with wines from a cave in Conn Valley. That's not just loyalty — that's something I don't take for granted for a single moment.

The questions were exceptional. The food from 844 Gulf & Prime matched every pour. And when dinner ended, Sarah and I sat down with the owner, the chef, and a few guests and kept going — more wine, ci**rs, conversation that didn't want to stop.

These are the evenings that remind me why we do this.

The cave is open back in St. Helena. If you want to experience Anderson's Conn Valley without the three hour drive — call or text 707-963-8600 to book your visit.

What's the farthest you've ever traveled for a meal or a wine experience worth the drive?

My wife Sarah is always a special occasion.So when I decided to open a 1945 Château Pichon Longueville — a bottle my fat...
06/19/2026

My wife Sarah is always a special occasion.
So when I decided to open a 1945 Château Pichon Longueville — a bottle my father Gus gave me decades ago — I opened it on a quiet evening at home. Just the two of us.
I never open great bottles for special occasions. Too many friends are out of special occasions.
The 1945 is a wartime vintage. The last harvest before everything changed in Bordeaux. This bottle was already decades old when my father acquired it.
Gus was a dentist in a small town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. He started buying First through Fifth Growths and great Burgundies in 1955 — back when a case of First Growth cost less than $100. He would fly his Mooney airplane from the Upper Peninsula to New York and Washington DC, load up at Zachys and Pearson's Wine Annex, and fly cases of First Growths and Grand Cru Burgundies back home to Trenary.
That's the airmail letter in the photo — from Pearson's in Washington DC to my father. With his handwritten notes in the margins. 1965.
The 1945 Pichon was remarkable. Still big, rich, and smooth after 80 years. Surprisingly mouth-filling. A hint of fruit still present. The secondary and tertiary flavors were everything you'd hope for from a bottle that has lived this long.
That cellar, and everything Gus taught me about what great wine could be, is what started Anderson's Conn Valley Vineyards.
Bordeaux and Burgundy were our inspiration. When Robert Parker tasted our first commercial vintage in 1988 he called us the Burgundy Bordeaux producer of the New World.
My father taught me that great wine is worth chasing across the country in a single engine plane. Worth saving for no occasion in particular. Worth passing down to your children along with everything else that matters.
I still have the bottle.
Cave tastings by appointment — call or text 707-963-8600.
What's the greatest bottle you've ever opened — and who were you with?

My father-in-law George is 86 years old.He's on his way to Conn Valley right now with a truckload of mylar row film and ...
06/16/2026

My father-in-law George is 86 years old.

He's on his way to Conn Valley right now with a truckload of mylar row film and something we call Root Fix — a concoction we've been running through our drip lines for three years.

Three vineyard management companies told us we needed to replant our vines.

We didn't listen.

Anderson's Conn Valley is a four-generation family story. It started as my father Gus's dream — a hobby vineyard, nothing more. In 1983 we started from bare ground. My grandparents came out every winter and rolled up their sleeves and helped build this place. My kids grew up here.

George came with 60 years of California farming behind him. Personal friendships with the men who built this industry — Ernest and Julio Gallo. Brother Timothy of the Christian Brothers. When George walks a vineyard, he carries all of that history with him.

So when the experts said our vines were done — George looked at them differently.

Mylar down the rows. Root Fix through the drip lines. Careful irrigation. Shoot positioning by hand. Patience.

Three years later our vineyards are back to full production. Vines that were fighting through eutypa are healthy again.

Right now I'm on the tractor hedging. George is on his way.
We're getting ready to bottle the 2024 vintage in August.
These are the wines that will tell the rest of this story.

Cave tastings by appointment — call or text 707-963-8600.

What's the hardest thing you've ever brought back from the brink?

Tokyo to Conn Valley.Two weeks of private dinners, Michelin stars, bullet trains into the Japanese Alps, and conversatio...
06/14/2026

Tokyo to Conn Valley.
Two weeks of private dinners, Michelin stars, bullet trains into the Japanese Alps, and conversations I'll never forget.
I came home to this.
The vineyard went crazy while we were gone. Full canopy, everywhere, faster than I expected.
So today — back to hedging.
That's the thing about farming. The vines don't care where you've been or what you saw. They just need attention, and they need it now.
Two weeks ago I was at a bar with ten seats watching one of the world's greatest chefs work. Today I'm on the same tractor I've driven for years, in the same vineyard I've farmed for 43.
Both of those things are true. Both of those things are me.
The cave is open. If you've been waiting — now's the time.
Call or text 707-963-8600 to book your visit.
What does it feel like for you, coming back to real life after a big trip?

43 years of farming this land. Every wine made by hand. Every cave tasting a personal conversation.Sarah and I have neve...
06/13/2026

43 years of farming this land. Every wine made by hand. Every cave tasting a personal conversation.
Sarah and I have never taken a single visit for granted.
If you've been out to the cave, joined us at a pop-up, or simply opened a bottle of Anderson's Conn Valley at home — we'd love to hear about it.
A review on Google or TripAdvisor takes two minutes and means the world to us. It helps other wine lovers find their way to Conn Valley.
Just scan the QR code below — and thank you, from both of us, for being part of this journey.

There's a restaurant in St. Petersburg, Florida with a Ghost Horse barrel head on the wall.The owners have been to the c...
06/11/2026

There's a restaurant in St. Petersburg, Florida with a Ghost Horse barrel head on the wall.

The owners have been to the cave in Napa. They know what these wines are about.

On Friday June 26th Sarah and I are joining them for an evening that doesn't happen very often.

Anderson's Conn Valley & Ghost Horse Vineyards Wine Dinner
Friday June 26th — 6pm
The Blu Halo, St. Petersburg

Four courses. Four wines. Each one paired by a kitchen that understands what's in the glass.
2021 Anderson's Conn Valley Chardonnay paired with Octopus Carpaccio, citrus olive oil, caviar
2018 Ghost Horse Fantôme Cabernet paired with Local Arugula, Rainier cherry, bourbon spiced walnuts, Stilton, 15 year aged balsamic
2019 ACVV Signature Cabernet paired with Ravioli, Gruyère, broccoli rabe, Maple Brooke mushroom ragout
2023 ACVV Sarah's Syrah paired with Secreto Ibérico, blackberry port reduction, summer truffle pomme purée

This is a rare evening — both wineries at the same table, one night only.

Reservations directly through The Blu Halo: 727-202-7620
Questions — call Sarah: 707-963-8600

Hope to see you there. 🍷

— Todd & Sarah Anderson
Anderson's Conn Valley Vineyards

Some of our favorite evenings don't happen in the cave.They happen when we bring the wines to you.Sarah and I are headin...
06/10/2026

Some of our favorite evenings don't happen in the cave.

They happen when we bring the wines to you.

Sarah and I are heading to Marco Island for our second annual wine dinner at 844 Gulf & Prime — and we'd love to see you there.

🗓 Wednesday June 24th — 6pm
📍 844 Gulf & Prime, Marco Island

We'll be pouring:
2020 Sauvignon Blanc
2020 Napa Valley Chardonnay
2019 Napa Valley Cabernet
2018 Estate Reserve Cabernet
2018 Right Bank

This is not a formal presentation. It's a conversation about the wines — where they come from, how they're made, and why they taste the way they do. The same conversation we have in the cave in Napa, just with a different view.

Last year's dinner was one of the highlights of our year. We're expecting this one to be even better.

Open to the public. Reservations through 844 Gulf & Prime directly.

Call Sarah at 707-963-8600 with any questions.

Hope to see you there. 🍷

— Todd & Sarah Anderson
Anderson's Conn Valley Vineyards

Two weeks in Tokyo.Sarah and I came here as a farmers and a winemaker. We are going home the same — just with a deeper a...
06/08/2026

Two weeks in Tokyo.
Sarah and I came here as a farmers and a winemaker. We are going home the same — just with a deeper appreciation for what obsessive attention to craft looks like in another culture.
The Japanese don't do anything halfway. Not the food. Not the hospitality. Not the way they approach a glass of wine.
It reminded me why we do what we do in Anderson’s Conn Valley.
Home June 9th. The cave will be open starting June 11th.
Call or text 707-963-8600 to book your visit.
What's one thing travel has taught you about your own work?

A few days ago, I took the bullet train into the Japanese Alps to visit vineyards in Nagano.I've been farming Conn Valle...
06/07/2026

A few days ago, I took the bullet train into the Japanese Alps to visit vineyards in Nagano.

I've been farming Conn Valley for 43 years. I've never seen anything quite like this.

Sandy soils. Sloping hillsides. Brand new vines — recently grafted Chardonnay and Pinot Noir — just beginning their life in the ground.

I spent the day walking the rows. Checking for flowering and bloom. Talking with the vineyard team about w**d control, erosion, row direction, sun exposure. Showed them photos from Conn Valley — including how we use mylar film down the rows to reflect sunlight up from below.

Two farmers. Two continents. Same fundamental questions.
We also visited Villa d'Est Gardenfarm and Winery — where I had the privilege of meeting founder Toyoo Tamamura and having lunch in his cafe. A man who built something extraordinary in the Japanese Alps from the ground up.

I recognized that feeling immediately.

Also visited Manns Winery — owned by Kikkoman, one of Japan's most historic companies.

Standing in a Japanese vineyard checking for bloom, comparing where they are in the growing season versus where we are in Napa right now — that's a moment I won't forget.

43 years of farming travels well.

The cave will be open when I return June 10th. Call or text 707-963-8600 to book your visit.

What's the furthest from home you've ever felt completely in your element?

Last Sunday evening in Tokyo's Ginza district.A private club. About 30 people in a warm, intimate room. The kind of sett...
06/05/2026

Last Sunday evening in Tokyo's Ginza district.
A private club. About 30 people in a warm, intimate room. The kind of setting where conversations go somewhere real.
I spent the evening moving from group to group — one-on-one conversations about wine, about farming, about what it actually takes to grow something worth drinking on the other side of the world.
These are the moments I don't take for granted.
A farmer from Conn Valley, Napa Valley standing in a private club in Ginza, Tokyo — talking about soil and elevation and decisions made in the vineyard that end up in the glass.
43 years of work distilled into an evening of conversations I'll never forget.
The cave will be open when I return June 10th. Call or text 707-963-8600 to book your visit.
What's the most surprising place you've ever had a deep conversation about something you're passionate about?

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Saint Helena, CA
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