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The company was founded by Daniel and Margaret Duckhorn as The St. Helena Wine Company in 1976 with eight co-investors. [3] His background was in business and finance – he had consulted for the wine and spirits company Heublein and had managed a Napa Valley vine grafting and root stock business that supplied vines to vineyard owners, which brought him into contact with Napa Valley winemakers.
St. Helena is a popular tourist destination, owing to its vineyards and culinary scene. The city is the center of St. Helena American Viticultural Area (AVA) , which expands 9,060 acres (14 sq mi) of the Napa Valley with over 400 vineyards encompassing 6,800 acres (2,800 ha) of cultivation. [ 9 ]
Forman was long-time winemaker of Sterling Vineyards. [1] After leaving Sterling he helped found Newton Vineyard. He was also instrumental in the founding of Duckhorn Vineyards. [2] Later, he befriended rancher David Abreu, with whom he co-founded both Abreu Vineyards Management, a vineyard management company, and a winery, Abreu Vineyards. [3]
In 1997, Dan Kosta and Michael Browne founded Kosta Browne Winery. [12] Their 2009 Sonoma Coast Pinor Noir won Wine Spectator's Wine of the Year Award in 2011. [13] [non-primary source needed] The winery relied on purchased grapes until 2013, when they bought a 20-acre vineyard, followed by a 60-acre purchase in Anderson Valley 2016.
"Duckhorn's Alex Ryan on navigating a changing Napa Valley wine industry". "1982 Duckhorn Vineyards Merlot, Napa Valley, USA". Founder Dan Duckhorn, a Santa Rosa native and Berkeley graduate, toured the Pomerol and Saint-Émilion regions in the Bordeaux region of France in the mid-1970s with Ric Forman,[12] who as winemaker of Sterling ...
The entrance of Robert Mondavi Winery. Robert Gerald Mondavi (June 18, 1913 – May 16, 2008) was an American winemaker.His technical and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California.