about us
Lynn and Gary McLean are the owner-operators of Carlsbad’s Napatini Bistro & Wine Bar. They moved to San Diego’s North County in 2019 from the San Francisco Bay Area, where they lived very close to California Wine Country.
Lynn is a Navy veteran who also had a successful career in computer and IT services sales as a civilian.
Gary is a retired Marine Corps Infantry Officer who, after leaving Active Duty, spent about 25 years in IT consulting.
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our story
Have you ever felt rushed when you dine out?
Have you ever felt intimidated about choosing wine with your food?
Have you ever taken a chance on ordering a wine at a restaurant that you ended up not really liking?
Well, we’ve felt the same!
Our story starts in 2015 with our friends of the LMWC (Last Minute Wine Club). We thought of the idea that when people go out for a dinner or night out, they should have a casual but great experience on their terms; not a bar experience that’s loud, not a restaurant experience that moves you along so they ‘turn tables’.
We saw “safe wines” but many wines we never heard of so we were hesitant to depart from the well known brands you see in grocery stores even if they were mass-produced and average.
Our LMWC friends and we thought of all the great times we had at wine tasting rooms in Wine Country. We thought that if we were ever given the opportunity, we would try to mimic that wine-tasting room experience- at least as much as practical- by opening a wine bar, minus elaborate decor.
And now… here we are!