Thursday 28 March 2013

Jim Barrett and the Irish Order of the Wine Geese

Jim Barrett, who purchased Chateau Montelena in Napa Valley in 1972, died yesterday at the age of 86 (see bio). Chateau Montelena burst on to the international stage just a few years after Barrett purchased the property when its chardonnay outpaced other whites to win the Paris Tasting of 1976. This was captured (with a [...]

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Lyeth Markham Meeker Mondavi Pine Ridge

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