Game Farm vineyard is off Silverado Trail directly below the Rector
Creek Dam in the Oakville district of Napa Valley. Much of the topsoil
to create the dam was stripped off the valley floor and the rocky
moonscape left behind was then planted to Cabernet Sauvignon. So while
these vines are on the valley floor, the well drained "soil" has more
in common with a rocky hillside location than vines growing in the
loamy soils you expect in the valley. The rows in some portions of this
vineyard look almost as if they were planted down the middle of a
cobblestone street.
