Anderson's Conn Valley Vineyards
Todd Anderson has farmed these 40 acres at the base of Howell Mountain since 1983 and still makes the wine himself. You taste in the caves, by appointment.
Why go
Todd and Sarah Anderson own it and Todd works it, owner, farmer, and winemaker, who still tends the vineyards and crafts each wine from dirt to bottle.
1 The estate sits in Conn Valley, minutes from downtown St Helena and, in the site's own words, off the beaten path.1 Tastings happen in the caves.1 The house sells almost 100% direct, which is why the wine club runs three levels and the smallest, Aurum, is capped at 25 memberships.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: the cave tasting. That is where the estate pours and it is the reason to drive up Rossi Road.1
- Avoid: turning up on spec. The site says nothing about appointments either way, so write or call before you drive; nearly everything here goes direct to members.1
What locals & experts say
- The winery's own award wall: Anderson's lists nine placements in Napa Valley Life's Best of Napa Valley Awards, among them
2025 Best Hidden Gem
andBest Winemaker, Todd Anderson
. Read on the winery's page, not at the magazine.1
Good to know
- Booking: essential. Tastings are cave visits, and I did not read the tasting page, so call for prices and times.
- Hygiene: not established. I have no inspection record for this county.
Verdict
could-visit — Todd Anderson has farmed the same 40 acres at the foot of Howell Mountain since 1983 and still makes the wine himself, which in a valley of hired winemakers is the reason to book the cave rather than the tasting bar. The winery sells almost everything direct, so the bottles are hard to meet any other way. The awards it displays come from Napa Valley Life, a title this brief does not carry and whose list was read on the winery's own wall, so they sit here as the house talking. Nobody with a byline has written about the wine in anything read this pass, and that is what keeps it off a higher rung.