{"id":1957,"date":"2021-10-29T19:25:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2021-10-29T19:47:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:47:07","slug":"tamber-bey-vineyards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=1957","title":{"rendered":"Tamber Bey Vineyards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tamber Bey (www.tamberbey.com<\/a>) is a unique experience for visitors to Napa Valley, one that hearkens back to the valley\u2019s past.\u00a0 Where today there are vineyards, restaurants and resorts not that long ago were orchards and ranches.\u00a0 Tamber Bey combines the owner\u2019s interests in both wine and horses.\u00a0 The winery and tasting room are located at Sundance Ranch, where you can not only taste wine but also enjoy their horses.<\/p>\n

In another article in this issue<\/a>, we talk about discovering wines at dinner and following up with a visit thereafter.\u00a0 We first discovered Tamber Bey on a small, eclectic wine list where we knew none of the wines.\u00a0 The Cabernet Sauvignon was powerful and rich in the mouth then (and still is), so we drove over to see what else they had.\u00a0 What we found was a ranch house (now a tasting room) with a large area behind it where visitors can lounge and horses can be stabled.\u00a0 There were no vines to be seen.<\/p>\n

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The tasting room is made of wood, as is the entire location.\u00a0 There\u2019s a large bar with enough space for a dozen or so visitors to be comfortable.\u00a0 We don\u2019t think it was ever meant to be a destination for busloads of wine tasters.\u00a0 If that were to occur, there\u2019s plenty of room out back for them to sit, wander and enjoy their wine.\u00a0 So when you go to Tamber Bey, try to avoid a rainy day.<\/p>\n

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Service at the bar is unusual, at least one day that we were there.\u00a0 One of the servers was a fellow who we had come to know at another winery.\u00a0 The other one was the Tamber Bey\u2019s owner, Barry Waitte, who made his first fortune in information technology.\u00a0 We hardly guarantee that Mr. Waitte will be pouring you some wine when you visit, but it could happen.<\/p>\n

Tamber Bey has three levels of wine.\u00a0 There\u2019s the Vineyard Series, made from grapes grown in their vineyards in Oakville and Yountville.\u00a0 Their best wines are in the Signature Collection, including Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and a Bordeaux blend they call Vermejo.\u00a0 All but the Pinot Noir are estate grown.\u00a0 Finally, they have introduced a second label called Three Steeds.\u00a0 (There\u2019s a lot about horses here.)\u00a0 Usually second labels are inferior to the proprietary label, but that doesn\u2019t seem to be the case with Three Steeds.<\/p>\n

About the horses: Mr. Waitte does own some fine Arabians, but the purpose of the Tamber Bey stables is to care for rescue horses that have been mistreated elsewhere.\u00a0 We\u2019re not horse people, but that seems like a pretty noble endeavor to us.<\/p>\n

For the most part, Tamber Bey\u2019s wines are powerful, with a great deal of alcohol in the reds.\u00a0 This may not be to everyone\u2019s taste.\u00a0 Keep this in mind if you are likely to visit Tamber Bey after several other stops.<\/p>\n

There is no place in Napa Valley, or for that matter anywhere in Wine Country, quite like Tamber Bey.\u00a0 So come for the ranch ambiance and the horses and have some wine while you\u2019re there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tamber Bey (www.tamberbey.com) is a unique experience for visitors to Napa Valley, one that hearkens back to the valley\u2019s past.\u00a0 Where today there are vineyards, restaurants and resorts not that long ago were orchards and ranches.\u00a0 Tamber Bey combines the owner\u2019s interests in both wine and horses.\u00a0 The winery and tasting room are located at … Continue reading Tamber Bey Vineyards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1957"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1972,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957\/revisions\/1972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}