The Quintessa Winery is located on a unique 280-acre property in Napa Valley encompassing a winery, visitor’s center and tasting pavilions that reflect and enhance the stunning natural beauty of the landscape. A simple elegance and sensitivity to the environment pervades each structure, which is evident in the crescent-shaped winery nestled into the natural contours of the hillside. Wine is processed using a gravity flow system where grapes are funneled from the upper deck of the winery to the fermentation tanks and caves below, all naturally cooled by the earth. The design is firmly rooted in the functionality of winemaking while also reflecting, according to the proprietors, a “celebration of place.” www.quintessa.com
Architecture: Walker Warner Architects
Lead Principal: Greg Warner
Principal: Brooks Walker
Project Managers: Kevin Killen, David Shutt
Architectural Staff: Pete Albertson, Michael Boes, Basak Cakici, Sandrine Carmantrand
Interiors: Stone Interiors/Owner
Landscape: Lutsko Associates
Builder: Cello & Maudru Construction Company
Photography: Richard Barnes, Mark Defeo (aerial), Matthew Reier
