Covert Estate is in the eastern hills of the Vacas Mountain Range, in the Coombsville Appellation. It was started by three couples with backgrounds as wine collectors or vintners. Covert applies Bordeaux winemaking to Coombsville terroir.

Chateau Rieussec was originally owned and tended by monks, but it was confiscated during the French Revolution. Today this dessert wine estate is owned by Barons de Rothschild.

Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg in Vosne-Romanee is one of the appellation’s most legendary estates. Founded in 1933 by a hardworking young married couple, the estate is today run by their granddaughters and a great granddaughter.