Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars

Challenge

Create a modern and interesting design that would not compete with the iconic vineyards and stunning landscape of the Napa Valley.

Solution

• Make the site more cohesive by using residual rocks and soils to create an intentional but natural graded transition from parking to the building promontory level
• Design new areas that visually integrate the overall site with a focus on native plants
• Use grasses that offer a simple and minimal palette and provide seasonality, growing and flowering in the spring and receding into the background when cut back in the fall

Special Features

• Grasses provide solid yet ephemeral visual theme for the site
• Native shrubs provide natural bird habitat and screen the wine production facility
• Simple design can be maintained by winery personnel without specialized landscaping team