Two acres on the valley floor, dry-farmed since 1962. Concentrated dark fruit with a savory, herbal edge — the kind of Napa Cabernet that drinks like it's from somewhere quieter than the address suggests.
Hillside fruit from the eastern Vaca range — more iron and structure than the valley floor wines. Built for the long slow uncork; the first hour and the third taste different bottles.
The blender's wine — sites across the valley, brought together to honor the vintage. 2019 was a slow, even year; this is the wine that shows what happens when Napa is left alone to do what it does.
Chardonnay grown for sparkling — picked early, kept honest. Méthode champenoise, two years on the lees, dosage at the lowest end of brut. A wine that wakes a table up without announcing itself.
A still white field blend — Marsanne, Roussanne, a thread of Viognier — fermented in neutral oak. Round and pollen-bright, the kind of bottle that surprises you in November when you forgot what whites can do.
Carneros fruit from the Beckstoffer family's home block — cooler, marine-influenced, picked at acidity rather than ripeness. Spends a year in 30% new French oak, comes out tasting like the bay air it grew next to.
All B. True wines ship together as one shipment from Napa. Free shipping over $200.
Brad and Beth True bought twelve acres of valley floor in 1998, planted the first vines themselves, and didn't release a wine commercially until 2008. The decade in between is the whole story — learning the land, listening to the older growers, deciding what kind of Napa winery they didn't want to become.
Today they make six wines, all from estate fruit or from growers they've known for two decades. The cellar is theirs, the labels are designed in their kitchen, and there's no marketing department because there are no employees beyond the two of them and a single cellar hand who's been with them since 2011.
This is the second time Reserves & Rarities has featured B. True. The first was 2024. We came back because the wines kept getting better and the operation never grew.
Thursday–Sunday, 11AM–4PM. By appointment only.
Tasting fee waived for collection holders.
1234 Vineyard Lane
Calistoga, CA 94515
August through October
Catches the peak — fruit on the vine, cellar in motion, the valley humming. May catches bloom, quieter and arguably more lovely.
St. Helena · 10 minutes
Wood-fire cooking, smart wine list, the right energy after a long day in tasting rooms. The wood-fire is the point.
3 minutes down the road
Different style, same Calistoga neighborhood. Smaller still, biodynamic, and worth the second visit on the same trip.
Six dry-aged cuts from [Butcher Partner], a Napa-based butcher we've been working with since 2024. Each cut hand-selected by our curators to match a specific B. True bottle — paired before the box ships.
Ships frozen, separately from the wine. Arrives within 3–5 business days.
