Putting Coombsville on the Map for Napa Cabernet

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Issue: July 31, 2001

July 31, 2001 Putting Coombsville on the Map for Napa Cabernet If you collect Napa Valley Cabernet, then Howell Mountain, Oakville and Rutherford are appellations you know well. Coombsville may not be joining that pedigreed list just yet, but Richard Perry is one of a growing number of vintners who believe they can make top Cabernets in the region, a pocket of green east of the city of Napa.

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