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Remotely Working in Napa Valley: Napa Valley records and radio
Napa Valley Register
Faith Ventrello and I have at least one thing in common: We were both music directors for our respective college radio stations.
Faith’s college radio station was called KCMU. By a twist of fate, those are the call letters of the radio station that she operates today: KCMU FM 103.3 will soon broadcast out of Faith and Steven Ventrello’s eclectic new café, Folklore, located on Third Street in downtown Napa.
Napa Valley’s most exciting wine list is hiding in a record shop
San Francisco Chronicle
At Napa’s new record store/radio station/cafe/bar, vinyl is organized not by genre, but loosely alphabetically. The “Barbie” movie soundtrack, for example, can be found in the same divider as Chuck Berry.
Folklore co-founder Steve Ventrello designed the esoteric wine list with a similar approach...
12 new attractions in Wine Country this harvest season
SF Chronicle
Napa’s new record shop has an unmatched wine list
This hip addition to downtown Napa is many things: a record shop, a cafe, a bar and a radio station. More specifically, Folklore is a chill hangout for music lovers who can peruse an extensive record collection of new and old favorites while sipping coffee or alcoholic beverages. Folklore also serves light, European-inspired fare such as cheese and charcuterie, tartines and caviar. Try something you’ve never had before from the whimsical wine list, like a Grand Cru Chasselas from Switzerland or a 40-year-old port.
Finishing touches for downtown Napa's Folklore
Napa Valley Register
Driving down Third Street one afternoon Steve Ventrello had to immediately pull over once he spotted a for sale sign in the window of a particular downtown Napa storefront.
“This is it!” he recalled, getting Faith Henschel-Ventrello on the phone fast. The pair had been contemplating opening a record store, wine bar and café in Napa for several years. The idea reflects Henschel-Ventrello’s background in the music industry and Ventrello’s background in both making and importing wine. Now, it is set to open later this month...
Folklore is a fantastical mishmash of record store, cafe, wine bar and radio station in downtown Napa
The Press Democrat
At Folklore, a new downtown Napa establishment that defies easy description, University of Oregon art student Giulia Guerrera perused aisles of new and used vinyl records, settling on an album by an obscure electronic artist simply because she liked the strange cover.
“Demonic, in a good way,” the heavily pierced Guerrera, 19, said of the album’s artwork.
“This is it!” he recalled, getting Faith Henschel-Ventrello on the phone fast. The pair had been contemplating opening a record store, wine bar and café in Napa for several years. The idea reflects Henschel-Ventrello’s background in the music industry and Ventrello’s background in both making and importing wine. Now, it is set to open later this month...