Rutherford, CA

Rutherford is a census-designated place in Napa County, California, United States. The 2020 census counted 115 residents. Rutherford is located in the Rutherford AVA which is located in the larger Napa Valley AVA. The Robert Mondavi Winery is located between Rutherford and neighboring Oakville. The short version is that Rutherford carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Rutherford: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Other notable wineries in the Rutherford area include Beaulieu Vineyard, Grgich Hills Estate, St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery, and Inglenook. Rutherford is located within the 11,887-acre Mexican land grant Rancho Caymus deeded to the early Napa Valley settler George C. Yount from General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo in 1838 as payment for a variety of services.