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      The Continuum of Ripening and the Cain Moment
      Maps & Charts: The Continuum of Ripening and the Cain Moment
      The “Cain Moment” will be found somewhere in the range of maximum aromatic potential, floral-spicy, fresh fruit-mature fruit, peak of color, and in the early range of maximum of tannin-pigment complexity.
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      Cain Video: Using an Ah-So Cork Puller
      Video: Using an Ah-So Cork Puller
      The Ah-So is our favorite tool to open older bottles of wine. In this video our Wine-Grower Chris Howell will show you how to use it.
      Image Galleries: Beckmann Image Gallery
      An image gallery of images by Olaf Beckmann
      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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      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
      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.
      The Cain Vineyard after the 2020 Glass Fire
      Press: “At Napa’s Cain Vineyard and Winery, Planting a New Future Means Learning from the Past,” SevenFifty Daily, June 2022
      “Most people ask us about rebuilding the winery, and we consistently reply, ‘It’s about the vineyard first.’” —Christopher Howell
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      Grapes in the sun. Photography by iStock / Getty Images Plus
      Press: “There’s ripeness … and then there’s ripeness,” The World of Fine Wine, February 2022
      “I think the Cabernet has a green character—I hesitate to call it vegetal—in the mountains. It won’t go away even at absurd levels of sugar.” —Christopher Howell
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      The Cain Vineyard, with La Piedra in the distance, after the 2020 Glass Fire
      Press: “Cain Vineyard Rises from the Ashes,” Wine Searcher, November 2021
      “We won't have much 2021 Cain Five. Maybe only a few bottles. But it will be symbolic. It's a symbolic vintage.” —Christopher Howell
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      Oak Tree in Cain Vineyard after the 2020 Fire
      Press: “California Wine Country Rebuilds as Threats Persist,” The New York Times, July 2021
      “If the vineyard has no particular personality, why bother? It’s a tough place to farm. There has to be a reason.” —Christopher Howell
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