A wine tasting and visitation space is being converted from the winery's 19th-century manor bed-and-breakfast, to increase its daily visitation from 10 to 40 appointments per day, with food and wine pairings, by the parent company Treasury Wine Estates[1] The winery was founded by Horace Chase and his wife Minnie Mizner Chase, sister of the future Florida architect Addison Mizner.

Wine production began again in earnest in 1971 when Stags' Leap was purchased by Carl Doumani.

The winery's signature product was its Petite Sirah at the time an undervalued grape used mostly for blending purposes.

In 1988 Doumani hired winemaker Robert Brittan, who became president when the winery was sold to Beringer Wine Estates in 1997.

The winery is now owned by Treasury Wine Estates, formally Fosters of Australia, who also purchased Beringer Vineyards.