Viader Vineyards & Winery (oft spelled capitalized as VIADER and pronounced "vee-uh-dare") is a

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located in

Deer Park, California Deer Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Napa County, California, United States. The population was 1,294 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Napa, California Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its area code is 707. Its ZIP code is 94576. ...

, United States at 1,400 feet of elevation. It was founded in 1986 by an

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immigrant to the United States, Delia Viader, after receiving a loan from her father to start the business. The winery produces wine from mostly red grape varieties such as

Cabernet sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon () is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spectrum of climates from Australia and British Columbia, Canada to Lebano ...

Cabernet franc Cabernet Franc is one of the major black grape varieties worldwide. It is principally grown for blending with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in the Bordeaux (wine), Bordeaux style, but can also be vinified alone, as in the Loire (wine), Loire's C ...

Petit verdot Petit Verdot is a variety of red wine grape, principally used in classic Bordeaux blends. It ripens much later than the other varieties in Bordeaux, often too late, so it fell out of favour in its home region. When it does ripen it adds tannin, ...

Malbec Malbec () is a purple grape variety used in making red wine. The grapes tend to have an inky dark color and robust tannins, and are known as one of the six grapes allowed in the blend of red Bordeaux wine. In France, plantations of Malbec are ...

, and blends of some of these reds with one another. According to Wine Industry advisor, "96% percent of VIADER’s wines are not available to the general public", being sold instead mostly to visitors to the winery itself. The Viader winery has been certified

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since its opening. In 2006 Delia Viader's son, Alan Viader, became the lead winemaker running the vineyard and winery.

2020 Glass Fire

During the 2020 Glass Fire, due to undetermined cause, the Viader vineyards experienced damage to some of the vineyard's "prized old vines".

2005 arsonist event

In 2005, the wine warehouse owned by Delia Viader was destroyed by an arsonist. This caused $4.5 million worth of damage in lost wine inventory.

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* Wineries in Napa Valley American companies established in 1986 1986 establishments in California {{winery-stub