"We met in Napa recently for a tour of the winery, set on 15 glorious acres in Coombsville. We went on THE AVIARY, the tasting room in downtown Napa for a flight of wines along with Ackerman GM Lars Ryssdal. The 2013 Cabernet is an elegant wine with a nice long, smooth finish “like velvet” and just begs for an encore. Treat yourself to a tasting by appointment with world class wines and a cheese board too at the downtown NAPA tasting room at the back of the Ackerman Heritage House. You’ll be happy you did." - Liam Mayclem, Foodie Chap, CBS SF Bay Area, 12/27/2016

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"I know it’s hard to believe, but right in the middle of downtown Napa, there exists a gorgeous, picture-period-perfect, restored 19th-century Queen Anne Victorian." - Out Traveler Magazine, March 2016

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"... “I think this is a wonderful project,” said Commissioner Paul Kelley. “I think the community owes a debt of gratitude to Ms. Ackerman for taking on a money pit such as this. Taking the carriage house and turning it into a small private tasting room is a great use of that space. ...” - The Napa Register, November 2015

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" ... At the Ackerman House, I was taken by some of the original restorations such as the push button lite [sic] switches, historic photographs of women’s suffrage in Wyoming Territory and Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper and Harper’s Bazaar print of 1875 showing ladies and children’s spring suits. Everyone ogled the domed bathroom ceiling in the master bedroom and all the furniture from that period. ..." - Green Chef Press, May 2016

 

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