Wantrup Wildlife Sanctuary

This Preserve has 730 acres of oak savannah, oak woodlands and migratory bird habitat located in Pope Valley. The property was conveyed to the Land Trust by Professor Siegfried von Ciriacy-Wantrup in 1982 and has the best example of oak savannah habitat in the Land Trust’s permanently held lands. In areas where cattle were removed, valley and blue oaks are interspersed with native grasses, wildflowers and shrubs.

JOHN CONOVER, Trustee

John Conover’s winery background encompasses sales, marketing and management positions with well-respected, super-premium and ultra-premium California wine producers, including Grgich Hills Cellar (Rutherford), Monticello Cellars (Napa), Lockwood Vineyard (Monterey County) and currently PlumpJack winery (Oakville) and the new CADE winery (Howell Mountain). Conover joined PlumpJack as general manager in January 1999 to oversee the daily operations of the estate winery and vineyard, provide strategic direction for the newly-established property, steadily increase production from 1,000 cases to 10,000 cases annually and create the image, awareness and distribution channels that would ultimately support that level of production. Conover is also a partner in CADE, a new estate winery built on Howell Mountain in Napa Valley by the PlumpJack group which opened April 1, 2009. Under Conover’s direction, CADE released its first white wine, the CADE Sauvignon Blanc 2005, in 2006, and its first red wine, a Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Cuvee 2005, in 2007. CADE will shortly release the 2007 CADE Estate Cabernet Sauvignon grown on 21 organically farmed acres planted on steep slopes in front of the new LEED-certified winery and extensive barrel-aging caves.

Rossi Ranch

Hikes and Activities

Archer Taylor Preserve

Wantrup Wildlife Sanctuary

Missimer Snell Wildflower

JOHN CONOVER, Trustee