The following is taken from "New California Wine" by Matt Kramer

Stony Hill Vineyard - One of the stalwarts of Napa Valley

Stony Hill is located at the base of Spring Mountain and is indeed within the Spring Mountain District AVA. But in many ways, it is its own entity. Started in the early 1950s by Fred and Eleanor McCrea, Stony Hill became legendary for its Chardonnay made - as it still is today - without any malolactic fermentation. That was the old California way and it served, and continues to serve, Stony Hill's Chardonnay very well indeed.

Inevitably, Stony Hill lost some of its original luster as new wineries appeared. For too long a time it was overlooked, if only because the necessary marketing was absent as Eleanor McCrea became elderly. The winery had its longtime mailing list of customers and that was enough.

Finally - and happily - in the late 1990s Stony Hill was "rediscovered." Nothing really had changed, including the tiny, woodsy winery, but California wine loveres had begun to realize what a jewel this old vineyard really is. Stony Hill Chardonnay is the essence of what California Chardonnay can be: pure, free of oakiness, filled with savor, and yet somehow unpretentious. It is rewarding, even exciting drinking - if you can find it.

A small amount of (good) Gewurztraminer is also made, which has its own following.