Fodor's Expert Review Frank Family Vineyards

Former Disney film and television executive Rich Frank founded his namesake winery in 1992, but the wine-making history here dates to the 19th century—portions of an original 1884 structure, reclad in stone in 1906, remain standing today. From 1952 until 1990, Hanns Kornell made sparkling wines on this site. Frank Family, since 2022 part of the Treasury Wine Estates portfolio, also makes sparklers, but the high-profile wines are the Carneros Chardonnay and several Cabernet Sauvignons, particularly the Rutherford Reserve and the Winston Hill red blend. Tastings, some held in the glass-walled, vineyard's-edge The Miller House hospitality barn, which debuted in 2023, are sit-down affairs, with reservations required.