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Napa Valley Gandona Winery’s vintner and proprietor Manuel Pires learned about winemaking from his grandfather in the Douro Valley of Portugal. He says, “Inspired by my grandfather’s legacy I became single minded in my need to work the land and more aware that farming was in my blood. I decided the life of a vintner…
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Pellet Vineyard, St. Helena, Napa Valley Pellet Estate’s history begins when Henry Alphonse Pellet was hired by John Patchett in 1859 and became Napa County’s second commercial winemaker. He followed in the footsteps of Charles Krug, who was the first and started the year before. H.A. Pellet purchased 45 acres of his own land in…
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Blanton Family Vineyards, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley Selah owner and vintner Joe Blanton is in charge of operations at the winery and he is also most likely the person who will pour your wine when you schedule a tasting in Napa Valley. He and Richard Smock, whom he calls “the Selah Road Warrior,” handle the…
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Calistoga, Napa Valley John Schwartz met the woman who is now his wife at a gathering in the French Alps when he loudly yelled “FEU” (fire!) to clear the room and catch her attention. He more than caught her attention: They eventually married and subsequently named their winery Coup de Foudre which roughly translates as…
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Seavey Vineyard, St Helena, Napa Valley Although one can’t be in two places at the same time, winemaker Jim Duane comes pretty darn close. On any given day you can find him working in both the vineyard and the tank room of Seavey. He tells Robb Report, “We are a small estate, so I am…
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Lazarre Vineyard, Oak Knoll District, Napa Valley Adam Hersly knows the adage there’s no rest for the weary all too well. He has two full time jobs: one as the winemaker at Hersly Wines and the other in product operations at Google. His wife Stacy Soberalski Hersly works with him as the winery’s general manager…
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Jungle Love Vineyard, Oak Knoll District, Napa Valley When Dan Johnson worked as a young lawyer he met Richard Arrowood, the founding winemaker at Chateau St. Jean, and began dreaming of retiring in wine country with a vineyard of his own. Years later he and his wife Kim bought a Napa walnut orchard estate and…
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Get to know the family behind Buoncristiani Family Winery Winemaking at Buoncristiani Family Winery is most definitely a family affair. Brothers Nate, Jay, and Matt Buoncristiani were born and raised in Napa and started making wine as a hobby in their parents’ garage. Once they started winning awards at local wine competitions, they decided to…
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Meet Texas Native James Moss, winemaker and owner of J. Moss Winery Texas native James Moss got his start in the wine business working in sales for a wine distributor in Dallas. He tells Robb Report he eventually moved to Napa and began working for a new distributor, “assisted a friend at his small family…
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Get to know the winemaker behind La Sirena 2017 Studio Series Red Wine Winemaker Heidi Peterson Barrett is well known for crafting 100 (Robert Parker) point wines for Screaming Eagle in 1992 and 1997. She started her own label, La Sirena, in 1994. The first year she produced a wine made from Sangiovese, and she…