Our Story

Crosby Roamann through the years.

A boutique winery.

Crosby Roamann is a boutique winery crafting sophisticated, small production wines in Napa Valley. Our vineyard is located near San Pablo Bay, the southernmost and coolest region of Napa Valley, on a bed of sandy loam soil, which combined with our low yields, produces wines with complexity, longevity, and concentration. We practice traditional, non-interventionist techniques in the winery, such as allowing the native yeast living in the vineyard to form a "wild" alcoholic fermentation, and extended barrel aging. We are consumed with the idea of producing terroir-driven modern wines with traditional values.

Napa Valley, California

We practice sustainable agriculture in our vineyards and grow over 60 olive trees and a variety of flowers and vegetables on the property. Napa Valley’s combination of diverse soils, ideal climate and varied terrain are perfectly suited to producing a wide variety of consistent, high-quality wines. Our climate is classified as Mediterranean, which encompasses just 2% of the earth’s surface. The long, dry growing season is marked by warm days and cool nights influenced by a recurring pattern of marine fog, ideal for wine grapes to ripen slowly, evenly and with great balance.

Established 2006.

Crosby Roamann is a collaboration of Juliana A. McBride and Sean W. McBride. The winery is named for two of our grandparents -- Peachy Crosby and Sally Roamann. We launched Crosby Roamann from our apartment in Brooklyn, New York in 2006 and produced our first wine in 2007 at White Rock Vineyards. We were very fortunate to spend our first six years working at White Rock Vineyards, which has been a breeding ground for young winemakers for over 30 years. We later worked with Robert Mondavi Jr. at Michael Mondavi's Folio Winery and with Eric Gordon at the Eric Gordon Wine Studio. We learned something new from each of these experiences, and each brought us closer to our ultimate goal of building our own winery.

Established 2006.

Crosby Roamann is a collaboration of Juliana A. McBride and Sean W. McBride. The winery is named for two of our grandparents -- Peachy Crosby and Sally Roamann. We launched Crosby Roamann from our apartment in Brooklyn, New York in 2006 and produced our first wine in 2007 at White Rock Vineyards. We were very fortunate to spend our first six years working at White Rock Vineyards, which has been a breeding ground for young winemakers for over 30 years. We later worked at Michael Mondavi's FOLIO winery (the old Carneros Creek Winery, now owned by Kieu Huang), and PUNK DOG Wines (now the Eric Gordon Wine Studio). We learned something new from each of these experiences, and each brought us closer to our ultimate goal of building our own winery.