Darioush, a winery noted for its Bordeaux style estate wines, implements
old world labor-intensive, micro-vineyard management and new world state
of the art technology to craft fine wines from its estates located in the
appellations of Napa Valley

Darioush Khaledi, a man passionate about fine wines founded Darioush in 1997.
Khaledi grew up in Iran's Shiraz region, a wine-growing region until the Islamic
revolution.

His father made wine as a hobby, and as young boy, Khaledi used to
sneak sips from the barrel. As an adult he became a devoted collector of fine wines.

After five years of construction, Darioush has been transformed into a 22,000
square foot winery and visitor center that evokes the memory of the ancient
Persian city of Persepolis.

For years, Napa residents have been anticipating what would become of the
vineyard and winery that housed Altamura winery before Darioush Khaledi
purchased the property in 1997.

Curious visitors were drawn to the mysterious scaffolding and would stop and
take pictures. Locals gossiped about the travertine stones that were mined in
Iran and cut and polished in Italy before being imported into Napa.