After selling their tech company in 1997, Perry and Carolyn Butler purchased 40 acres in St. Helena, planted vines and built a 9,600 square foot villa, and founded Juslyn Vineyards on the Spring Mountain estate.
One of the largest private residences in Napa Valley, the villa at 2900 Spring Mountain Road includes 6 bedrooms, 7 fireplaces, a chef’s kitchen with copper hood, and a requisite wine cellar (with adjacent tasking room) below.
A guest casita and outdoor kitchen, complete with a wood-fired pizza oven, sit by the pool.
And of course, there’s a pad for the helicopter as well.
Having just hit the market listed for $18,800,000, the price for the estate doesn’t include the Juslyn Vineyards label nor $5-6 million in inventory, but the brand and barrels are being offered for $9.5 million more.
“The best way to make a small fortune with a winery is…to start with a large one.”
Wonder if that’s the case here.
The “adjacent tasking room” sounds a bit kinky; I think I would prefer a more traditional tasting room.
Now that’s a country house!
All homes should have at least a 1:1 helipad ratio. Planning – get on it!
UPDATE: The asking price for the Napa Valley villa at 2900 Spring Mountain Road has just been reduced to $18.5 million.
UPDATE: The listing for the villa and Juslyn Vineyards estate at 2900 Spring Mountain Road has been withdrawn from the MLS without a reported sale.
UPDATE: 2900 Spring Mountain Road is back on the market, this time listed for $33.15 million, including the villa; the Juslyn Vineyards label, inventory and business; and an extra 2.25 acres home-site on Spring Mountain Road.
UPDATE: It’s now three years later and the Napa Valley villa at 2900 Spring Mountain Road, as featured above, has just been re-listed for $18.8 million anew.