Few other architects can claim to have influenced the distinctive aesthetic of Napa Valley the way Howard Backen has. The award-winning designer’s work is regularly described as subtly luxurious, elegantly rustic, and filled with a sense of intimacy, warmth, and stylish informality—all traits for which wine country is beloved the world over. This estate on some 160 acres in St. Helena, conceived by the architect and featured on the cover of Rizzoli’s profile of Backen and his firm, is a bastion of these quintessential qualities.
