Wm Harrison Vineyards and Winery

Specialties

Wm Harrison Vineyards & Winery is a family-​owned estate and winery producing high quality grapes for limited production ultra-​premium Napa Valley wines. The Wm Harrison Estate Wines come exclusively from our 10-​acre estate in Rutherford, CA and are comprised of the five Bordeaux «noble» grape varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Merlot. Because of our limited acreage, our estate wine production usually varies from 1200 to 2200 cases, depending upon the year.

History

Established in 1993.

In 1978 Bill moved to the production side of the winemaking business as Operations Manager at his Grandfathers winery, A. Perelli-​Minetti & Sons. This million-​case winery was producing table wine, dessert wine, sparkling wine, vermouth and brandy. In the early 1980’s both the California Wine Association and A. Perelli-​Minetti & Sons were sold. Bill Harrison decided to start his own company based on the concept of providing wineries with a mobile bottling service. At the same time, Bill moved to the Napa Valley and founded the Rutherford estate which today is the location of our winery. Bill’s company, Estate Bottling, is still providing the specialized service that many new small wineries depend on.

In 1993 after years of selling grapes from his Rutherford estate, Bill released the first wine under his own label. We now enter our 21^st vintage of Wm Harrison Estate Wines, carefully crafting classic wines which we hope would make our forefathers proud.

Meet the Business Owner

Bill H.

Business Owner

The owner of the winery is William Harrison. «Bill» Harrison has personally worked on each of the 21 vintages of the Wm Harrison wines. No stranger to winemaking, he has worked with wine daily since the 1960’s when he began working for the California Wine Association (CWA), a company owned by his grandfather and his grandfather’s sons. «Winemaking is part artistry, part science,» Bill says, «As luck would have it, I found a unique vineyard location in the Napa Valley which produces very good fruit, and makes very good wines.»