Viader Vineyards & Winery (oft spelled capitalized as VIADER and pronounced "vee-ay-der") is a 96-acre winery located in

Deer Park, California Deer Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Napa County, California, United States. The population was 1,267 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Napa, California Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its area code is 707. Its zip code is 94576. It ...

, United States at 1,400 feet of elevation. It was founded in 1986 by an Argentinian immigrant to the United States, Delia Viader, after receiving a loan from her father to start the business. The winery produces wine from mostly red grape varieties such as

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, Petit verdot, Malbec, and blends of some of these reds with one another. According to Wine Industry advisor, "96% percent of VIADER’s wines are not available to the general public", being sold instead mostly to visitors to the winery itself. The Viader winery has been certified

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since its opening. In 2006 Delia Viader's son, Alan Viader, became the lead winemaker running the vineyard and winery.

2020 California wildfires

During the

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, in part caused by climate change, the Viader vineyards experienced damage to some of the vineyard's "prized old vines".

2005 arsonist event

In 2005, the wine warehouse owned by Delia Viader was destroyed by an arsonist. This caused $4.5 million worth of damage in lost wine inventory.

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* Wineries in Napa Valley American companies established in 1986 1986 establishments in California {{winery-stub