Favia was born in 2003 as a collaboration between viticulturist Annie Favia and winemaker Andy Erickson. The husband-and-wife team had held myriad responsibilities at some of Napa Valley’s most lauded wineries and vineyards before embarking on this still-unfolding narrative, with a simple mission: create soulful wines that express the true nature of the vineyards from which they come.

Favia quickly took root in Coombsville, Napa’s youngest AVA, with a family home and winery on a historic property, where the Favia-Ericksons restored the local ecology with native plants and took a holistic and historically sensitive approach to the planting of fruit orchards and a small, dry-farmed vineyard. Today, in the winery, the team carefully coaxes grapes into wine with gentle handling and minimal intervention to allow the fruit to speak for itself—producing unparalleled wines, each with its own distinct character.

In early 2023, Favia became stewards of a beautiful 86-acre parcel in the heart of Oakville. From the start—with their home in Coombsville and their new Oakville estate— Favia’s farming methods committed them to reinvigorate landscapes, and their vineyards, after ecologies that originally existed in the region. This means using organic and biodynamic methods to restore local biodiversity with native plants, taking a holistic approach to the vineyard and its surrounding lands, and asking how each decision affects the flourishing of the vineyard, the appellation, the valley, and beyond.