Showket Vineyards, Biography

In 1988, along with their son Ziyad, Kal and Dorothy Showket moved to Napa Valley. After searching for three years for just the right property, they bought an existing but decimated Vineyard in the eastern hillsides overlooking Oakville, California. Oak root fungus had devastated a vast majority of the vines. Phyloxera damage took its toll on most of the rest. The Showkets knew they had a prime location, but they also knew they had much hard work ahead of them in order to bring the vineyard up to its potential. Almost immediately they contracted with Pina Vineyard Management, a well-respected, highly reputable vineyard Management Company, to help them renew the Vineyards. All the Vineyards have since been replaced.

Along with their own feelings about the property and it's potential and with the advice of notable local vintners, the Showkets knew they had an ideal property for producing premium red wine. Already the Cabernet Franc was being used in Caymus Cabernet as well as Dalla Valle Cabernet.