In 1990 a young artist by the name of Mike Bouchet and some talented friends designed, built, and installed plywood legs protruding from the iconic Napa Valley Grape Crusher Statue. Mistaken as practical jokers, an image of the legs made it to the front page of the Napa Valley Register. As stated by Al Francis, “ In this silhouette photo, it's almost impossible to tell that the legs sticking out of the press aren't part of the statue.” 

After seeing the image, Mike's father along with some friends decided this graphic would make for an excellent shirt design and coined the name Napa Valley Killer Wines. Though this project was short lived, it remained special to select locals and our family. 

A few years ago Mike's brother Tim relocated the original silkscreen and after many years of absence we decided to bring back the tee shirt project Mike and Tim's father started. Today Tim and his wife Natalie along with his children Tim Jr. and Grace have rebooted Napa Valley Killer Wines to continue the family project. Our updated style has slight changes to the original shirts of the 90’s, but we remain consistent with the original ideals and concept of the brand.