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Katie Lazar and Chris Howell in the Cain Vineyard, regrowing after the Glass Fire. Photo by Meg Smith, courtesy of Club Oenologique.
Press: “‘We drove through the fire in two cars, hoping at least one of us would survive’: The Napa winemakers who almost lost it all,” Club Oenologique, December 2022
“You could feel the heat radiating from the burning half a mile away.” —Christopher Howell
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Maps & Charts: The Key to Cain Wines
For lovers of our project, Cain Concept—The Benchland, available as a library wine, this historic map shows its sources of grapes from the Benchlands of Napa Valley in relation to our home vineyards at Cain, the source of our Cain Five and Cain Cuvée.
Audio: “Growing Wine with Chris Howell,” Heritage Radio Network, March 2015
“For me, wine begins with fruit, but that’s not where it stops, any more than a cheese stops with the milk.” —Christopher Howell
Press: “Napa’s New Old School,” Wine & Spirits, June 2014
“To me, ‘old school’ means wine that was generously but not extravagantly ripe. It began in the vineyard and almost ended in the vineyard—the cellar was an afterthought.” —Christopher Howell
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Cain Video: Rain on Spring Mountain
Video: Rain on Spring Mountain
Follow the raindrops from the top of Spring Mountain down York Creek into St. Helena. Cain received more than a foot of rain over the span of two weeks in March, so the creek has swollen to the edges of its banks.
Image Galleries: Cain Vineyard Crew Portraits
An image gallery of portraits of the Cain vineyard crew; photography, Charles O’Rear; 2012
Musing: The Importance of Provenance
“When it comes to the provenance of fine wine, the single most important thing to understand is that fine wine is, by definition, perishable.” —Christopher Howell
The Cain Vineyard at the crest of Spring Mountain, photograph by Faith Echtermeyer
Audio: “A Tour of Cain Vineyards” Heritage Radio Network, April 2015
“The beauty of wine is that the most interesting wines do reflect the place where the grape vines grow. They absolutely do.”—Christopher Howell
Musing: On Pruning, a Cain Communiqué
“There is nothing natural about pruning—it is quintessentially human and thus, cultural.” —Christopher Howell
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Cain Portrait at La Piedra, 2015
Image Galleries: Rock Portraits Image Gallery
Every year during harvest we take a photo of our crew at La Piedra, the rock that crowns our vineyards on Spring Mountain.

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