The Miller House Opens at Napa's Frank Family Vineyards

The Miller House astatine Frank Family Vineyards

Napa Valley’s Frank Family Vineyards, located astatine 1091 Larkmead Lane, has opened its highly anticipated caller hospitality barn, The Miller House. The Miller House honors the endless contributions of Founder Leslie Frank, calved Leslie Miller, whose imaginativeness was to physique a unsocial and peculiar entertaining country for Frank Family guests. The Miller House showcases Leslie’s signature chic benignant combined with the farmhouse elegance of renowned designer Howard J. Backen. It volition service arsenic a canvas for the winery’s astir exclusive and elevated experiences wherever Frank Family wines volition beryllium poured alongside the cuisine of personage cook Christina Machamer. 

“Leslie Frank is simply a erstwhile Emmy award-winning quality writer who has agelong served arsenic 1 of Frank Family’s visionaries,” said Hospitality Director Liam Gearity. “She besides exudes bully sensation and hospitality, truthful we were resolute successful naming the caller abstraction aft her from the start.” 

The Miller House interior

The Miller House rises implicit the immense Member’s Lawn, down Frank Family’s craftsman home-turned tasting room, inviting guests to sensation their vineyard-focused wines and bask small, curated bites, portion overlooking surrounding vineyards and mountains. Featuring sustainably reclaimed wood, precocious ceilings, and earthy world tones that bring the extracurricular in, the abstraction was expertly designed with nary item spared. 

“Rich and I were really joined astatine this site,” says Leslie Frank. “This is simply a precise peculiar determination for me. I wanted to make a abstraction that integrated the earthy quality of our surroundings, wherever our guests could acquisition the joyousness of quality present successful Calistoga.” 

The Miller House allows guests to bask a seamless indoor-outdoor acquisition connected the Napa Valley level nary substance what clip of year. The 2,300 quadrate ft operation features floor-to-ceiling sliding solid doors, custom-made recycled ash wood tables, ample connection mirrors, artful airy fixtures, and an inviting lounge country with cognac colored leather sofas astir a cardinal fireplace. Each constituent was thoughtfully selected by Frank alongside Napa-based interior decorator Robin Beck of Hawkins Interiors. They combined the modern interior with an further 1,100 quadrate feet of exterior covered seating for tastings and backstage and winery-hosted events, wherever guests tin beryllium astatine 1 with the serene scenery of the valley. 

The Miller House Interior

Chef Machamer, 1 of Napa Valley’s preeminent chefs and victor of play 4 of FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen, has created a hyper-seasonal, authentic farm-to-table vino and nutrient acquisition for guests of The Miller House. Each caller pairing is hand-selected to show however the aromas, textures, and spirit profiles of Frank Family’s estate-driven wines are accentuated by food. “I similar to deliberation of this acquisition arsenic a masterclass connected nutrient and vino pairings,” said Gearity, who on with his squad of experienced vino educators volition usher guests done each pairing and instrumentality clip to explicate wherefore they enactment good together, providing cardinal pairing tips on the mode that tin beryllium easy applied astatine home. 

The ever-evolving paper showcases the season’s best, highlighting locally grown ingredients, similar home-grown Meyer citrus from Frank Family’s Winston Hill oregon ngo fig picked from the centurion trees located astatine their property Benjamin Vineyard successful Rutherford. The tasting starts airy with Frank Family’s Blanc de Blancs and possibly a homemade yeasted blini with caviar and cre'me fraiche. The pairings go progressively much umami driven arsenic the tasting moves into the reds—such arsenic sliced Spanish Fuet with Winston Hill Cabernet Sauvignon. 

The exploration of nutrient and vino offered astatine The Miller House is perfect for backstage groups oregon for guests who bask gathering others with shared interests successful nutrient and wine. The Miller House Elevated Experience starts astatine $120 per guest, $60 per nine member. The outdoor patio is besides disposable for seated Estate tastings, $60 per person, complimentary for members. Reservations tin beryllium made online astatine FrankFamilyVineyards.com/Visit and backstage lawsuit inquiries tin beryllium made astatine FrankFamilyVineyards.com/Private-Events. 

Photos courtesy of Frank Family Vineyards