Suzanne Deal Booth’s role as owner and proprietor of Napa Valley’s Bella Oaks is a natural extension of her lifelong dedication to the stewardship of art and culture. Upon acquiring this historical property in 2010, Deal Booth immediately set about reinvigorating the vineyard’s 12.5 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon, vines originally
planted in the 1970s and replanted in the 1990s. She conducted extensive research on the site, consulting with local Napa Valley historians on its early history as a source of wine grapes and interviewing dozens of well-known winemakers, chefs and community members who had formative relationships with Bella Oaks’ previous owners, wine luminaries Barney and Belle Rhodes. She respectfully reimagined the Rhodes’ 1970s-era home with architect Michael Maltzan of Los Angeles. She further revived and extended the property’s olive orchards, developed biodynamic gardens, and installed a diverse collection of contemporary modern artwork throughout the estate.

In 2016, Deal Booth acquired an additional 13.5 acres of vineyard land contiguous to Bella Oaks, and in 2018, she added “vintner” to her resume by producing, for the first time, a Bella Oaks Cabernet Sauvignon under its own label. “I decided its highest potential could only be realized by giving the vineyard a voice and identity as a wine estate in its own right,” says Deal Booth. She assembled a team with exacting and uncompromising standards, retaining famed Vineyard Manager David Abreu, who had farmed the property for Deal Booth since 2010, and adding Winemaker Nigel Kinsman and Winemaking Consultant Michel Rolland. Deal Booth has overseen the transformation of Bella Oaks to CCOF-certified organic farming; currently she is introducing biodynamic practices to further the long-term health and biodiversity of the property.

The role of vintner is just one aspect of Suzanne Deal Booth’s life. Committed to the recognition and preservation of cultural heritage and visual arts globally, Deal Booth is a leading philanthropist, arts advisor and collector and has worked with some of the world’s most celebrated artists, collectors, and institutions. She is the Founder and Director of The Friends of Heritage Preservation, which has fostered more than 70 preservation and conservation projects across five continents in the last 20 years. She is the namesake of the Suzanne Deal Booth Prize, an unrestricted award that includes a solo exhibition and scholarly publication for a select artist biannually, and in 2003 Deal Booth and her family established the Booth Family Rome Prize Fellowship for Historic Preservation and Conservation. She currently serves on the boards of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Menil Collection, Ballroom Marfa, The Contemporary Austin, and the Calder Foundation, France. A native of Texas, Deal Booth graduated cum laude with a degree in art history from Rice University. She earned a Master of Arts in art history and conservation from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts and Conservation Center.

Supermodel, musician, singer, songwriter and former First Lady of France, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy fell in love with Château d’Estoublon and became one of the owners of this magical 300-hectare estate nestled in the Alpilles in Provence, renowned for its exceptional olive oils and wines.

Since 2020, together with Stéphane Courbit, Jean-Guillaume Prats and Nicolas Sarkozy, they shape Estoublon’s new destiny and gave birth to Roseblood, its iconic rosé.

Passionate about this new adventure and driven by a thirst for learning, Carla Bruni discovered the subtle art of winemaking and blending with the estate’s Technical Director, and composed this cuvée like a musical score, to create an elegant and delicate rosé.

Born on December 1st at the Hospices de Beaune, exceptionally on a Wine Auction Day postponed that year, Véronique had a predetermined destiny. To complete the picture, she grew up alongside her brothers, running through the vineyards.

She chose the path of oenology at the University of Dijon and was the only woman in her class of 1985. Her education took her to Bordeaux and naturally to the family estate, where she worked alongside winemaker Laurence Jobard, as well as to Oregon to write a new chapter in the Drouhin family’s history.

She carried out her first “personal” winemaking in 1988 at the recently acquired Domaine Drouhin Oregon, under her father’s ownership. Since then, she has been constantly juggling between Burgundy and Oregon.

Pianist and history lover, her area is the cellar where she used to play hide-and-seek as a child. “It is my duty to respect the grapes that arrive in the winery in order to enhance the signatures of our precious and esteemed terroirs to their fullest potential,” emphasizes Véronique, who is the mother of three children: Laurène, Arthur, and Louise.

Thus, the vintages succeed each others as a glorious symphony of precision and purity.

Having graduated as an engineer, specialising in viticulture and oenology, from Bordeaux’s ENITA and then as an oenologist from the University of Bordeaux, Marielle
Cazaux began her career as technical manager at Château Lezongars (a 38-hectare estate in Premières Côtes de Bordeaux).

In 2007, she took over the management of Château Malleprat in Pessac-Léognan while advising a number of other wine estates on their technical strategies (Château
de Léognan, Château Fauchey and Château Champcenetz).

In 2012, she joined AXA Millésimes as technical manager of Château Petit-Village in Pomerol. Marielle Cazaux has been the managing director of Château La Conseillante since 2015. Her mission is to interpret the family’s vision and co-ordinate the running of the estate.

The Board of the Family recruited her for her technical skills and her farmer’s common sense. Working closely with Jean-Valmy and Bertrand Nicolas, Marielle
oversees the work in the vineyard and the cellars and manages the estate and the marketing of its wines.

Moving to Pritchard Hill when he was 10 years old, Cyril Chappellet has witnessed the transformation of Napa Valley into one of the world’s great winegrowing regions. The eldest son of Molly and Donn Chappellet, Cyril grew up working in the vineyard and winery. At 18, Donn and Molly encouraged Cyril to make his own career choices and to explore life away from the family business.

After studying farm management at Cal Poly and completing his business education at Pepperdine University, Cyril began a career in corporate planning and acquisitions. In 1988, after nearly a decade of honing his business skills, Cyril returned to Pritchard Hill to join the Chappellet team. “The finest wineries around the world reflect a commitment that goes beyond one generation,” says Cyril. “At Chappellet, this ongoing commitment is key to our continued ability to make extraordinary wines. It has also elevated Pritchard Hill as one of the world’s finest locations for producing ultra-premium wine.”

Prior to being named chairman of the board, Cyril spent many years as the winery’s managing director. In this role, he was instrumental in guiding the day-to-day workings of the winery, overseeing sales and marketing efforts and working with his parents and siblings to ensure the ongoing vitality of the business. During his tenure as managing director, Chappellet was recognized for making some of the finest wines in its storied history, and Pritchard Hill catapulted to center stage as California’s premier location for mountain-grown Bordeaux varietals—most notably, Cabernet Sauvignon.

Cyril was elected chairman of the winery’s family-run board of directors in 2012, becoming the only person other than his late father, Donn, to hold this position in the history of Chappellet. Today, Cyril is actively involved in every aspect of the winery’s operations and works closely with his family to ensure the continued success of Chappellet.

Cyril’s intimate connection with Pritchard Hill, where he lives with his wife, Blakesley, and their quarter horses, often finds him lending a skilled hand wherever needed. Whether building a horse corral, driving a forklift in the winery, or barbecuing for guests, Cyril enjoys being hands-on. “Doing whatever it takes is the nature of a family business,” says Cyril. “It is also part of the charm.”

In addition to the many hats he wears at Chappellet, Cyril has been a board member of the Napa Valley Vintners Association, of which Chappellet was the 18th registered member. (There are more than 550 members today.) He is also actively involved with the Wine Service Co-Op that Chappellet helped to found in 1972. Cyril also served as chair of the 2012 Auction Napa Valley, which raised $8.2 million for local charities. When not working on behalf of Chappellet or the Napa Valley wine industry, Cyril is an avid horseman, and a member of the Charlie Russell Riders and Los Rancheros Visitadores.

CEO of Silver Oak and Twomey since 2002, David R. Duncan is best known for his commitment to quality and continuous improvement—from identifying new vineyard sites to developing sustainable ethos that permeates the company’s culture.

 From 2006-2008, David led the rebuild of Silver Oak’s Napa Valley winery, which became the first commercial winery in the world to achieve LEED Platinum status (Existing Buildings, Operations and Maintenance).

Silver Oak then became the first North American winery to own and operate an American oak barrel cooperage in 2015 when the Duncan family purchased The Oak Cooperage in Higbee, Missouri.

Most recently, David steered the planning and construction of Silver Oak’s new flagship winery in the Alexander Valley. The new winery is the first in the world to achieve “net positive energy, net positive water status” and earn LEED Platinum certification (Building, Design and Construction). In April of 2020, Silver Oak’s Alexander Valley winery became the largest, certified Living Building in the world.

In addition to acquiring OVID Napa Valley in 2017, the Duncan family also founded Twomey Cellars in 1999 and Timeless Napa Valley in 2020.

Currently on the board of First Western Trust Bank in Colorado, David has also held past roles as Chairman of the St. Helena Hospital Foundation and Co-Chairman of the St. Helena Montessori School capital campaign. He was also previously Chairman of the Northern California Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization.

When not making wine, David plays guitar and sings with the Silverado Pickups, a band he co-founded. David lives in St. Helena with his wife, Kary, an M.D. with a private dermatology practice, and their three children.

Experiences gained from a summer in France during university, and many subsequent trips to winegrowing regions in Europe, fueled Andy’s enthusiasm for the concept of “terroir” as well as for wines made from special places. Andy’s goal as a winemaker is to highlight the character of each unique vineyard site he works with – whether at a clients’ estate vineyards, or the vineyards that produce the Favia wines. Feeling incredibly lucky to call Napa Valley his home, Andy constantly marvels at the diversity of soils and microclimates in this small yet diverse valley.

Grace and Ken Evenstad founded Domaine Serene in the Dundee Hills of Oregon in 1989 with a mission to produce world class Pinot Noir. The Evenstads had faith and confidence in Oregon early on, before there was a national market for domestic Pinot Noir.

Today, Domaine Serene produces wines from seven individual vineyard estates, planted exclusively to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Each estate offers a diversity of soils, clones, rootstocks, microclimates, slopes, and elevations that add distinguishing complexity and elegance to the wines. In total, the Evenstads own over 1,000 acres of land in the hills of Yamhill County, with 360 acres planted to vines.

In 2001, the Evenstads completed construction of their current state-of-the art, five-level, gravity flow Pinot Noir winery. In 2015, Ken and Grace acquired Château de la Crée, the respected wine estate located in the birthplace of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, the renowned Côte d’Or in Burgundy, France. They are the only Oregon-based vintners to own land and produce wines in Burgundy, France. Parcels are owned in 18 climats throughout the Côte de Beaune in Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, Santenay and Maranges, 40% of which are Premier Cru.

In 2021, Grace Evenstad expanded her Burgundian vineyard holdings by taking control of the renowned Domaine Christian Confuron et fils estate. This 15-acre expansion increased Evenstad Estates’ vineyard footprint in the Côte d’Or by roughly 60%, adding vineyards in the Côte de Nuits to her current holdings in the Côte de Beaune. The estate is located mainly in Chambolle-Musigny and Nuits-Saint-Georges, including prestigious Grand Cru vineyard blocks in Bonnes Mares and Clos de Vougeot.

In 2017, Domaine Serene opened a new best-in-class hospitality center, the Clubhouse at Domaine Serene, that defined the landscape of fine wine hospitality in the Pacific Northwest.

In Spring 2018, they completed a new winery dedicated solely to the production of Chardonnay and Sparkling wine, the first of its kind in Oregon. The wineries are located on the beautiful Winery Hill Estate in the world-class Dundee Hills AVA.

Having achieved his goal of making the world’s finest Pinot Noir many times over, Ken Evenstad died at the age of 77 in October 2020. Under the guidance of Grace Evenstad, his legacy lives on as Domaine Serene remains focused on excellence in a never-ending quest to produce world-class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Domaine Serene’s wines represent the achievement that is possible in Oregon, one of the finest regions in the world for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Recent Accolades:
• In 2018, Grace and Ken were recipients of the wine industry’s highest honor, Wine Spectator’s Distinguished Service Award. The award, given once a year, is a tribute to those that have made significant and long-lasting contributions to the wine industry. The Evenstads were the first and only couple to have ever received this honor together.
• Evenstad Estates wines were awarded an unprecedented 55 medals at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards, including 2 Platinum and 4 Gold Medals.
• Evenstad Estates wines secured 21 medals at the 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards.
• In 2020, Domaine Serene was the most awarded winery at the Decanter World Wine Awards, securing 23 medals including one platinum medal, five gold medals, 17 silver medals, and one bronze medal.
• In 2019, London’s renowned Decanter magazine awarded Domaine Serene five gold medals at the Decanter World Wine Awards.
• Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2016 named Domaine Serene’s 2014 Evenstad Reserve Chardonnay the best white wine in the world.
• In 2016, London’s Decanter magazine named Domaine Serene’s 2012
Winery Hill Pinot Noir the top Pinot Noir in the world at the Decanter World Wine Awards. • Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2013 named Domaine Serene’s 2010 Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir the #3 Ranked wine in the world, and #1 Pinot Noir of the year.

Madame Blandine de Brier Manoncourt
Blandine de Brier Manoncourt’s family has owned Château-Figeac, 1er Grand Cru Classé “A” of Saint-Emilion, since 1892. Born and raised at the château, she went on to graduate from Sciences Politiques in Bordeaux, and then worked in communications and as a freelance journalist for over fifteen years. She first specialized in tourism and travel and later covered other subjects as well. She was a member of the Association of Tourism Journalists. She has also co-authored books on nature and on various regions of France, including Aquitaine. She is a member of the Jurade de Saint-Émilion brotherhood. Today at Château-Figeac, Blandine de Brier Manoncourt is co-owner with her three sisters, their mother, and their children. In her role as general secretary of Château-Figeac, she is particularly involved in communications, legal protection, and architectural and natural heritage. She also owns with her mother a tiny vineyard in Saint-Emilion inherited from her father, Château de Millery (0.80 ha)

Frédéric Faye, General Manager and Winemaker
Frédéric Faye began his tenure at Château-Figeac in 2002. Born and raised in Bordeaux, his family originates from the Périgord region of the Dordogne. The family still possess a farming estate at Saint-Astier where his ancestors cultivated crops as early as the 18^th century. He spent his childhood summer vacations in the countryside alongside cows, sheep, cereals and vine, and continues this tradition today with his own children. It was his grandfather who transmitted the passion for farming and nature to Frédéric. After attaining a Bachelor’s degree in Viticulture/Oenology at the University of Bordeaux, he was a trainee in Pomerol at Château Le Bon Pasteur, in Fronsac at Château Fontenil, and in Argentina at Yacochuya with Michel and Dany Rolland. After these experiences, he attained a master degree in agricultural engineering ENITA (now called BSA), during which he was an apprentice at Château-Figeac, first working in the cellars and then as quality control manager. He often recounts that on his first day at Château-Figeac, he cleaned all the windows of the cellar. After the completion of his studies in 2008, he was hired on permanently as the vineyard manager.  Working alongside Thierry Manoncourt taught Frédéric many things about viticulture and oenology. In 2010, he was promoted to Technical Director and in 2013, to Head Winemaker and General Manager.

Salvatore Ferragamo is one of Ferruccio Ferragamo’s six children, twin of James, born on the 7th of November 1971, in Florence. Prior to assuming responsibility for family’s agro-leisure business as AD, Salvatore worked in the international division of KPMG Peat Marwick in Florence. He worked nationally and internationally in KPMG’s audit, finance, and consulting departments.

From 1990 he interned at Salvatore Ferragamo SpA in the marketing and production departments where he planned marketing strategies for the company in Italy and France. He then decided to further his professional training with an MBA degree at New York University’s Stern School of Business, specializing in Finance and International Business.

In 1993 he joined his father Ferruccio Ferragamo in the long and challenging restoration of the ancient medieval village of Il Borro and in the development of the wine business. His love for the Tuscan countryside and great wines drove him, step by step, to the creation of what Il Borro is today.

In 2012 Il Borro became part of Relais & Châteaux and Salvatore was made Ambassador with the responsability of representing the excellence and prestige of the organization.

As a lifetime farmer, Jeff Gargiulo has always been passionate about the land and agricultural, and today that passion is focused on grape growing and fine wine making. Thirty years ago, he and his wife Valerie dreamed of one day building a premier wine estate. That dream took shape in the early 1980s when Jeff and Valerie and their young family traveled to Napa Valley to visit Valerie’s cousins, Barney and Belle Rhodes. Napa Valley icons, Barney and Belle Rhodes had been in the Napa Valley since the late 1960s growing grapes in Rutherford at Bella Oaks Vineyard. Jeff and Valerie were inspired by their cousin’s Napa Valley lifestyle and confident that with their help and Jeff’s agricultural knowledge they could achieve their dream and make some of the finest wines in the world. Twelve years later and with countless hours of coaching from Barney and Belle, Jeff and Valerie purchased their first vineyard in Oakville, Napa Valley, Money Road Ranch in 1992. Seven years later they purchased their second Oakville property, 575 OVX.

From the beginning, the Gargiulo’s were committed to creating a world class Cabernet Sauvignon wine estate. From his years spent farming, Jeff Gargiulo, knew that if he didn’t start with the very best land, he could never expect to grow the best grapes. For this reason, the Gargiulo’s chose Oakville to establish their namesake winery. Then, like today, Oakville was considered to be amongst the preeminent places to grow Cabernet Sauvignon in the world. The very first vintage of Gargiulo Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon was 2000, and since then Gargiulo Vineyards has quietly taken its place among the most highly regarded Cabernet Sauvignon producers in Napa Valley. Not ones to rest on their laurels, Jeff, Valerie, daughter, April and the entire Gargiulo Vineyards’ team continue to strive to make Gargiulo wines the most pure and breathtaking expressions of their two esteemed Oakville vineyards.

Nicolas was born in 1974 and has been living in Bordeaux for 30 years. Wine is a major part of his familial and cultural background. He studied at the University of Oenology in Bordeaux with Professor Denis Dubourdieu and obtained a Master of Genetics applied to oenology.

Then, he studied at the National Agronomic School of Montpellier to become an engineer in viticulture and winemaker. He then worked for Château Haut Brion in 2005 and Château Margaux in 2006. Since January 2007 he has been the Manager of Château Montrose, in collaboration with Jean Bernard DELMAS until 2011.

Since 2012, he is the General Manager and Winemaker of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande (Pauillac) and Château de Pez (Saint-Estèphe), owned by Champagne Louis Roederer.

Elisabetta Gnudi Angelini’s parents were from Bologna, but she was born in Rome and grew up there, and does not come from a family of wine producers. She worked in the film industry for many years as a producer and co-partner of Luca Barbareschi, and in the pharmaceutical sector.

Fascinated by the countryside and wine, which she considers a world of strong deep-rooted values, different to those of the film industry, and excited about regaining contact with a genuineness that could not be found elsewhere, she developed such a passion for this work that she became entirely devoted to it.

She became interested, above all, in Tenuta di Caparzo in Montalcino, showing her desire to learn by starting to personally follow all production phases at the winery.

Today, the wineries she owns are the outcome of several purchases that gradually made her dream, of owning a property in Tuscany, come true.

The opportunity came in 1997, when she purchased Borgo Scopeto in the Chianti Classico area, between Siena and Vagliagli. Borgo Scopeto, which is now a luxury hotel, was refurbished – with an investment of about 30 million euros – and carefully restored. Elisabetta took care of this herself, choosing all the details, from materials to furnishings, turning it into a magnificent country relais hotel, chosen by the film director Gary Winick as the setting for scenes in his film “Letters to Juliet”, starring Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero.

The film, released in 2010, did surprisingly well at the U.S. box office. The appearance in the film of Brunello Caparzo wine led to a remarkable rise in sales of Elisabetta Gnudi Angelini’s Brunello in the United States. Borgo Scopeto is not only a charming relais hotel but also a major winery and farm business that produces Chianti Classico wine and extraordinary extra-virgin olive oil.

In 1998, Elisabetta Gnudi Angelini also purchased Caparzo, her “first love”, the historic winery in Montalcino founded in 1970, when there were only a dozen wine producers around the beautiful village to the south of Siena, and nobody could have imagined the success and sensation that Brunello would later create. Moreover, Caparzo can be credited with making one of the first Montalcino crus, a Brunello made from the grapes of a single vineyard, known as La Casa. Its soils are particularly suited to vine growing and it has excellent exposure. Since its first appearance in 1977, Brunello Vigna La Casa has established itself as one of the most prestigious wines of Montalcino, leading the way for many other crus that were created, above all, in the 1990s. Not by chance was Brunello Vigna La Casa chosen as one of the protagonist wines of the Japanese Manga series “The Drops of God”, a highly successful comic also exported abroad.

In 2002, Elisabetta purchased Altesino, also situated in Montalcino. It is a small prestigious winery that produces Brunello, with its vineyards partly bordering on those of Caparzo. Altesino is one of the small-medium sized wineries that have made their mark thanks to their excellent quality products. The pride of Altesino products is undoubtedly Montosoli: the first Brunello cru obtained in 1975 from the vineyard of the same name. Observing it from Palazzo Altesi, the 15th-century building that Elisabetta has chosen as her personal residence, the perfectly maintained Montosoli vineyard is an icon in the natural landscape of the area. Wine is made from carefully selected grapes from old vines, and is only sold in the best vintages.

It is such excellent wine that, in 2014, Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli 2008 di Altesino was chosen by Wine Spectator, the “Bible of wine” esteemed by the entire wine-producing sector, as one of the 100 top wines in the world, with a score of 95/100.

Then, 2003 was the first year of production of Morellino di Scansano, made from grapes from the vineyards planted in the Maremma area at the Doga delle Clavule winery (purchased in 2000).

The properties currently cover over 1,100 hectares, including 254 for vine growing, sub-divided as follows:
Caparzo: 83 hectares
Altesino: 44 hectares
Borgo Scopeto: 70 hectares
Doga delle Clavule 57 hectares

Borgo Scopeto also has 7,000 olive trees that cover about 40 hectares of land.

Elisabetta Gnudi Angelini has a son and a daughter, Igino and Alessandra, who both live in Rome but closely follow the family businesses.

Igino Angelini is an environmental engineer and thanks to his efforts Caparzo was the first winery in Montalcino to install solar panels to produce so-called clean energy. All the wineries produce their own energy and are partly autonomous. Caparzo has also implemented a system for the total recovery of water, and along with the other wineries owned by Elisabetta it has chosen the path of eco-sustainability.

In just a few years, Elisabetta’s relationship with wine has become successful and passionate while her complete involvement in her work (she is affectionately called the “vignaiola” or winemaker) has made her so enamoured that every harvest and tasting period is an emotional experience. Elisabetta’s wines are renowned almost worldwide. The main markets are the U.S., Canada, all of Europe, China, Japan and Russia. Statistics show that exports predominate and are continuously increasing (since 2009 exports have more than doubled). Currently, 75% of the wine produced is sold abroad and 25% in Italy.

Mark Hanson, Co-Founder & CEO
A native of Santa Rosa, Mark has an extensive background in the technology industry and has enjoyed a successful career as an entrepreneurial software and private equity executive, though his heart has always been in hospitality. After meeting his wife Elizabeth and exploring Sonoma County, he dreamed of becoming a family farmer and winegrower. In 2015 that dream came true with the opening of Bricoleur Vineyards, where Mark spends his days amidst the vines and bounty of the estate, and enjoys hosting tastings. At Bricoleur Vineyards he has created a gathering place where people can relax to enjoy family and friends with world-class wine and food while taking in the natural beauty of Sonoma County.

Elizabeth Wall Hanson, Co-Founder
A tax accountant and real estate business owner, growing up Elizabeth spent summers on her family’s ranch near Cloverdale. Her family still gathers for celebrations in Asti, on the homestead of Sonoma County’s historic Italian Swiss Colony, where her great grandfather, Pietro Carlo Rossi, was the original oenologist. Trained as a chemist in Piemonte, Italy, Rossi revolutionized California winemaking in the 19th century and, under his direction, Italian Swiss Colony became one of America’s leading wineries. Elizabeth is a member of the University of San Francisco Board of Trustees; trustee for the C. Allen Wall Family Foundation; and patron of the Rev. P. Carlo Rossi, S.J. Endowed Entrepreneurial Chair in the School of Management at USF, which supports the dream of the family patriarch, Dr. C. Allen Wall, a cardiovascular surgeon, innovator, and entrepreneur.

Born and raised in the Napa Valley, Amanda Harlan was immersed from an early age in the cultural, social, entrepreneurial, and philanthropic life of the region. Around the dinner table, discussions about winegrowing were a nightly event, with her father speaking on the importance of creating, as a family, something that would last for generations. The family’s dedication to the community was another common theme. Auction Napa Valley, the area’s most impactful annual charitable endeavor, has been held since its inception at Meadowood Napa Valley, of which her father is Founding Partner.

After earning a degree in Psychology from the University of Southern California, Amanda began her professional life at LVMH, where she broadened her knowledge of retail and the international wine business. She formally joined the Harlan family business in 2014 by working harvest in the BOND cellar. Amanda then took on the role of Patron Relations for The Mascot, marking the full involvement of the Harlan family in the domain.

Today, as the family introduces Promontory into the Harlan Domain and refines the charter of The Napa Valley Reserve, Amanda brings a global perspective and a strong affinity for the community to her role in developing the culture and supporting the communications of the Harlan family’s businesses.

The only son of Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke, Christopher was raised in the world of wine, working his first harvest at the age of 12 at Stonestreet Winery in Alexander Valley. He earned his undergraduate degree at Santa Clara University, spent a year working in Washington D.C. for the Speaker of the House, then went back to school for his J.D. from the University of California Berkeley School of Law. He is currently involved in domestic and international sales and strategic planning for Jackson Family Wines. Christopher and his wife Ariel also own Sonoma County-based Golden State Cider and Seismic Brewing Company.

Christopher’s wife Ariel attended UC Davis and subsequently earned her J.D. from the University of Michigan. Ariel left the legal profession to work with Christopher in the wine business and is currently Director of Real Estate Development for Jackson Family Wines. Christopher and Ariel live in Sonoma County with their four young sons.

Born on July 27th 1956 in Bordeaux –
Son of Hélène Lafitte and Dominique Lurton
Lives in the Entre-Deux-Mers region

Education:
After obtaining his agricultural baccalauréat degree, he studied medicine for two years.

At the age of 23, he took over management of Clos Fourtet, a Saint-Émilion Premier Grand Cru Classé belonging to the Lurton family.

Work experience:
At the age of 34, Pierre Lurton was appointed Managing Director of Château Cheval Blanc, a Saint-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé A belonging at the time to the Fourcault-Laussac family.

In 1998, Bernard Arnault and Albert Frère acquired Château Cheval Blanc and named him manager.

On May 18th 2004, Pierre Lurton was appointed CEO of Château d’Yquem, a Premier Cru Supérieur in the 1855 classification, by Bernard Arnault and the LVMH group.

He is not only President of Cheval Blanc and Yquem, but also Cheval des Andes in Argentina, a joint venture between Bodega de Chandon, belonging to the LVMH group’s Chandon vineyards, and Cheval Blanc.

Pierre Lurton is also a consultant for a small number of selected estates.

Last, but not least, he created and developed his own vineyard in the Entre-Deux-Mers, Château Marjosse.

A sailing enthusiast, he has an old boat, and dreams of competing in the America’s Cup.
A good horseman, he appreciates riding as much in the Andes Cordillera as the Entre-Deux-Mers.

Chris Lynch assumed responsibility as Chief Executive Officer at Opus One in September of 2020.

A 30-year veteran of the global fine wine and drinks business, Chris combines his life-long passion for wine with a wealth of experience in both the United States and international wine markets. He has held marketing and general management roles in California, Australia, and New Zealand for several fine wine organizations, including Gallo, Kendall-Jackson, Moët Hennessy, Pernod Ricard and most recently, Terlato Wines. Chris holds an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.

Chris discovered the world of wine while playing semi-professional basketball in France in his late teens. A native of Northern California, he returned from France to discover the emerging wine regions of Napa Valley and Sonoma County.  His first trip to Napa Valley in 1979 corresponds to Opus One’s first vintage.

In assuming the CEO position, Chris considers his role to be a steward of Opus One, guiding its continued success and development over the coming years.

Born and raised in the Dry Creek Valley, Clay is part of the sixth generation of a grape-growing family. Pioneers from Sweden, his family raised Merino sheep for the wool and planted their first vines on land they settled in 1868, an area that now anchors the Rockpile AVA.

After graduating from the University of Oregon in 1997, Clay returned to Sonoma County, where he worked at Kenwood Vineyards, and later honed his skills alongside winemakers at Jordan Vineyards and Winery, Taft Street Winery and Dry Creek Vineyard. In 1998, Clay produced his first bottling under the Mauritson label: a Dry Creek Zinfandel.

Clay and his team are committed to making wines that exemplify a sense of place, with a simple philosophy for winemaking: You need exceptional fruit to make exceptional wine. And his heritage provides an advantage — with more than 350 acres of family-owned vineyards and strong relationships built over decades with other growers, they have access to some of the best grapes in Sonoma County.

Clay and his wife Carrie live in Healdsburg with their sons, Brady and Davis, and their daughter Ella. He has been President of both the Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley and the Rockpile Grape Growers Association and is currently President of Sonoma County Vintners Board of Directors. After their son Brady was diagnosed with Down syndrome in 2010, they became very involved with the Down syndrome community and Clay is a founding board member of the Down Syndrome Association North Bay (DSANB). The nonprofit raises awareness, promotes advocacy, furthers educational pursuits, and supports research to improve the lives of people with Down syndrome and their families. Along with Carrie and their close friend, Chef Charlie Palmer, they launched “Project Zin” in 2012, and the annual event has raised more than $1,750,000 for the DSANB.

At U of O, Clay earned a degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Marketing. Playing outside linebacker for the Ducks, including in the 1995 Rose Bowl and 1996 Cotton Bowl, he gained discipline and dedication to excellence which continues to serve him today. What inspires Clay is the challenge of making wine that removes all outside influence, including ego, and creates the path of least resistance to allow a specific vineyard site to live up to its full, unique potential. That, to him, is the true competitive spirit of making great wine and the essence of perfection!

Growing up in southeast Washington, DC, Carlton McCoy., Jr.’s upbringing was an unlikely springboard for his meteoric rise in the wine industry. Named a Master Sommelier in 2013 at just 28 years old, McCoy was one of the youngest inductees and the second African-American to earn this prestigious title.

At home, McCoy’s family preferred beer or whiskey and he had little exposure to wine. But food was another story: McCoy spent years at his grandmother’s side in the family’s catering business, learning kitchen basics, prepping vegetables and eventually cooking as well. “My grandma was an amazing cook,” he says, “and she was by far the leading influence behind my career in the restaurant business.”

Motivated to build on his interest in the culinary arts, in high school McCoy enrolled in a class sponsored by the Careers Through Culinary Arts Program, or C-CAP. In 2002, he won a C-CAP citywide cooking contest and earned a full scholarship to the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. At the CIA, something new stood out for him: “The wine class with Steven Kolpan was a revelation to me,” he explains. “It opened my eyes to a completely new world. I went to all the tutoring sessions to learn as much as I could about wine.”

After graduation in 2006, McCoy honed his skills in revered institutions including Thomas Keller’s Per Se, Marcus Samuelsson’s Aquavit, Tom Colicchio’s Craft Steak in New York and Eric Zeibold’s CityZen at The Mandarin Oriental in Washington, DC. It was at CityZen that he got serious about wine and began studying for the Court of Master Sommeliers certifications, guided by Andy Myers, MS. “He’s the person in this industry who changed my life,” McCoy states. “He was the first person to take me under his wing and tell me that I may have a future in this.”

In 2011, McCoy joined the team at The Little Nell in Aspen, CO, inspired by the hotel’s award-winning wine program and reputation as a training ground for Master Sommeliers. After earning the MS title in 2013, he was promoted to Wine Director, overseeing a staff of 150 and The Little Nell’s acclaimed 20,000-bottle wine cellar.

McCoy became President and CEO of Heitz Cellar in December 2018, after its acquisition by Gaylon Lawrence, Jr. To McCoy, Heitz Cellar represents a very particular style of Napa wines: ones that speaks to an earlier era in California winemaking.

In July 2020, McCoy and Lawrence formed Lawrence Wine Estates, which encompasses Heitz Cellar, Stony Hill Vineyard, and Burgess Cellars, amongst other historic Napa Valley vineyards. At this time, McCoy was named Managing Partner of Lawrence Wine Estates. During the same period, McCoy and Lawrence launched Demeine Estates, a collective of high-quality wineries based domestically and internationally and led by President Philana Bouvier. Demeine Estates acts as the sales and marketing powerhouse for a curated portfolio of brands.

“There has to be reverence when it comes to these historic brands that create the greatest wines in the country and the world,” he states. “Our aim is to create a diverse portfolio of wine estates creating the highest quality, most terroir expressive wines possible while encouraging innovation and sustainable farming practices,” says McCoy. “Hospitality is at the root of the wine industry, and we want to bring producers, industry members and consumers together around our shared passion for great wines and their ability to connect us all.

In July 2020 McCoy along with industry leaders Tahiirah Habibi, and Ikimi Dubose announced the launch of The Roots Fund, established to address the lack of diversity in the wine community, specifically amongst Black and Indigenous populations. The organization will provide resources and financial support through educational scholarship, wine education, mentorship, and job placement.

Recently, McCoy, one of three Black Master Sommeliers in the world, has been appointed to the Court of Master Sommelier’s Diversity Committee. The Court of Master Sommeliers sets the global standard of excellence for beverage service within the hospitality industry with integrity, exemplary knowledge, and humility. This year the organization has pledged to sponsor scholarships and sensitivity training to boost diversity efforts in the wine industry.  McCoy has also recently joined the James Beard Foundation’s Board of Trustees, as well as the advisory board of Vinous Media. In 2021, The Culinary Institute of America named McCoy to its board of trustees, which consists of 25 highly respected leaders in the foodservice industry for the business world and provides expert governance and guidance for the college.

In 2022, Nomad, the six-part documentary following McCoy on his quest to find the places where food, music, art and culture collide, debuted on CNN. The series chases what it means to be authentic, celebrating similarities and differences across the world to illuminate the universal threads that connect us all.

Adventurous and athletic, McCoy enjoys traveling the world in search of great wine and spirits and pursuing physically challenging outdoor activities including biking and running marathons.

Starting at the spry age of 10, each sister – Angelina, Alycia, Riana, and Giovanna Mondavi – spent their summers learning the family business. A typical summer day for the girls entailed odd jobs throughout the winery, including schlepping hoses, cleaning tanks, soaking bottles, pulling samples, and running lab analyses. A family
tradition of summer winery jobs led each sister to love the wine industry. Paying respect to the generations before them, the four sisters launched Mondavi Sisters’ Collection, which includes their Napa Valley cult brands, Aloft and Dark Matter wines.

In conceiving Dark Matter Wines, the sisters were inspired by the knowledge and dedication from their grandparents and parents. The eldest of the four, Angelina, worked closely with a top Napa Valley winemaker and garnered more than twelve 100-point scores from Robert Parker, before creating the first vintage of Dark Matter in 2005. While cutting their teeth on the Zinfandel, the sisters added a Cabernet Sauvignon to complete the portfolio. Sourcing fruit from their Howell Mountain properties, they pick just enough for 6-8 barrels each year.

Although first launched under their family’s corporation, their father, Marc, guided them to the acquisition of Aloft in January 2017. Aloft, a vision introduced in 2008 by Marc, was as a nod to his father’s winemaking philosophy that all wines should portray the soul of the vineyard. Keeping this philosophy as a family focus, the sisters strive each year to create a single-vineyard, single-varietal Cabernet Sauvignon that is an expression of Howell Mountain. The fruit, grown atop Howell Mountain from the family’s Cold Springs Vineyard, is known for its altitude and location above the valley floor. It’s a gem of a location with a collage of soil profiles, slopes and elevation variances that has become known as the family’s most prized property.

After two years with Aloft under their belts, the sisters made the strategic decision to return to their roots and recently added a Chenin Blanc to their Aloft portfolio. As the first white wine in the collection, the Chenin Blanc is a throwback to original expressions developed by their Grandfather, Peter Mondavi Sr., over 60 years ago. Today, Chenin Blanc is considered a rare varietal in the Napa Valley with less than seven acres planted.

Truly a family brand, the Mondavi Sisters strive to create a wine of superior quality that continues to honor their legacy, their land, and each vintage with the same passion and devotion their forefathers passed down for generations.

Carissa Mondavi is a fourth generation family ambassador and spokeswoman for Continuum Estate, playing key roles in Communications, Marketing, Hospitality and Sales. Her roots go deep, with summer internships in the cellar and the vineyards, and following college spent many years exploring and working in the Marketing, Education and Cultural Affairs departments of Robert Mondavi Winery and Company when it was still family owned. She is delighted to be contributing to her family’s ongoing vision and commitment in wine with this terroir driven estate-based Napa great. In her free time Carissa enjoys yoga, hiking, cooking and traveling the world. In 2015, Carissa married Fredrik Johansson, Director of Winemaking at Staglin Family Vineyards in Rutherford.

Chiara Mondavi helms the winemaking for Sentium, drawing from her 25 years of working in the vineyards and production, as well as growing up absorbing the culture and drive of her grandfather and the winegrowing expertise and passion of her father.

In addition to working in the vineyards and cellar of Robert Mondavi Winery, she has worked harvests in Bordeaux and in Burgundy. While in Bordeaux she completed the Dipl.me Universitaire d’Apitude. La Degusta6on at the University of Bordeaux.

Prior to studying wine, she majored in Fine Art at California College of Art. Embodying a passion for both the art and the science of wine, she is also the artist both the Sentium and Continuum labels.

For Sentium she seeks out family-owned and farmed, organically grown, older vine vineyards in Mendocino that offer Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon with minerality and complexity.

Sparkling, lively eyes, a ready smile, a noble heart, wine in her veins, a love for beautiful things, long-term vision, daring and deep RESPECT, in capital letters.

“From the very first moment, I knew she was the perfect fit. When we tasted Rare Millésime 2006 together, I noticed many similarities between this sunny vintage and Maud’s radiant side: intelligence, generosity, sincerity, and a bold personality. She embodies values that are important to me, with sparkling, lively eyes, a ready smile, a noble heart, wine in her veins, a love for beautiful things, long-term vision, daring, and deep RESPECT, in capital letters. I knew in that first hour I spent with Maud that it was the beginning of a chapter that would fundamentally change the life of Rare Champagne, which she would lead from then on.”

What better tribute to Maud Rabin than this one from Régis Camus, the most awarded Cellar Master of the century. Through her presence, the way she listens to others, her talent to transform an idea into a project and each project into an exceptional moment, she has created a style, an attitude, a passion, and a true Art de Vivre. She has helped transform Rare Champagne into a luxury house with the power of her charisma. In less than three years, she brought it back in touch with the reality of new consumers while opening the door to dreams, making each moment unique.

She could read and write at the age of four. She was raised by women, and has her grandmother to thank for her ability to overcome obstacles (which she calls “puzzles“) with a smile, to “look at life with a lot of perspective because in every crisis, there are opportunities. It’s up to us to transform them.” Maud Rabin got her start in fashion marketing and communications management, living in Paris, New York, and Shanghai, then joined Rémy Cointreau, where she spent nearly a decade as Image Director for the Liqeurs and Spirits Division while supporting the digital transformation. She has been at the heart of Rare Champagne since 2018, breathing new life into the Champagne House, driven by the energy that never lets her give up on anything. A French synchronized swimming champion at the age of 10, she learned about discipline, effort, and competition at a very young age. She listens to other people’s actions and to her own heart. In everything she does and achieves, she possesses an intuition that is both earthly and divine. For Maud, each new year is like choreography. It isn’t a matter of a formula, but rather of a plan, which is different every time, each one linked to the other and supported by a “global vision.”

A Scorpio with Leo rising, this Angers native has Latin, Breton, and Native American origins, cosmopolitan roots that give her the ease to conquer international markets by innovating, daring, and opening up conversations. “I thrive on every conversation, every encounter. Agility is key, and although I like to maintain the fundamentals, I enjoy seizing every possible opportunity. Nothing is ever static. For me, everything is always in motion.”

Like a conductor, Rare Champagne Director Maud Rabin makes sure that every note in the score is played in a virtuoso manner. From there, we see her charisma and her unique and cheerful way of leading a team with daring and creativity.

Between charity sales and the crew of women she creates for humanitarian projects, Maud is bringing up her two daughters by passing on her values: being able to open up to the world as easily as breathing.

“My mission on this earth is to give life back to everything that is alive but suffering–people, brands, plants–by using beauty as therapy, taking special care to make things beautiful.”

Her objective is “to lead by developing strategies that are always a winning combination, a win-win for everyone who is involved in any way. That’s how I think, how I act, and I remain convinced that when you do things with your heart, you’re never wrong. There is no recipe, no formula. It’s a matter of sensitivity. I was made to deliver wonders, so it’s like a duty.“

Together Shari and Garen learned about wine, first at meals with his parents where California or Italian wines were served, (his dad was born in Italy) and later when Garen went to Stanford Business School.  When Shari would occasionally fly up from L.A. to visit him, they would often spend a day in Napa Valley, where their dream began to one day have a vineyard and make wines of great quality. In 1968 they married, went to Vietnam, Japan, Washington, D.C., then New York City where their first child Brandon was born in 1971.

When it was time to move back to California in 1975, one of the key criteria for where to live was proximity to wine country, so they chose Lafayette, CA, only one hour from Napa Valley and 3 hours from ski country. 1979 proved to be an auspicious year for the Staglins, with the birth of their second child, Shannon. This year also marked the purchase of their first tech company, run by Garen. After many years of rapid growth, they were able to sell a portion of this business, creating capital to finally pursue their dream to purchase an ultra-premium vineyard in the Napa Valley.

By the end of 1985, the dream came true with their purchase of the historic 50-acre vineyard planted by Andre Tchelistcheff in 1964, who had come from Bordeaux with the first Cabernet clones.  They have since purchased adjacent acreage, bringing the total acreage to 70. Using their contacts and background, Shari and Garen built a business and marketing plan that remains the foundation of Staglin Family Vineyard: family ownership, commitment to quality, a personal approach to selling direct to consumer and encouraging memorable experiences. Brandon and Shannon grew up on the property, pursued their education and have both returned with new perspectives and experiences to rejoin the family business and non-profit. Shari remains as CEO since 1985, Shannon is President and Brandon assists with IT and presides over One Mind, their non-profit for mental health, while Garen assists with financial aspects and public relations and also chairs One Mind.  They hope to cultivate these traditions for many generations to come.

Shari and Garen both earned their bachelor’s degrees from UCLA in 1966.  Garen later earned his MBA at Stanford in 1968 and Shari her MPA at NYU in 1975.

He is born on 23rd of June 1947 in Bordeaux.

After his military service, he attended the Professeur Emile Peynaud’s oenology course in the Talence University.

He started his professional carrier as a merchant for a Bordeaux negociant and then, went onto work for a Wine and Spirits distributor in Paris.

Following in the same direction, he left France to continue in the United States for the next 5 years at one of the biggest Wine and Spirits Importers.

In 1977, his father, Guy Tesseron requested that Alfred return to France to join the Bordeaux’s family business.

In 1982, he joined his father in the Cognac family business, Tesseron Cognac to which Alfred is the President since 1987.

Today, he is also the President of Château Pontet Canet, Grand Cru Classé in 1855, which he co owns with the heirs of his brother Gérard.

He is also co-owner of Tesseron Cognac and the President.

He is a member of the « Académie du Vin de Bordeaux ».

In January 2005, Alfred was knighted by the Order of the Agricultural Merit.

He enjoys sailing, skiing, golf, fishing, and hunting.

He is the father of Justine and Noé and he married Isabelle Trillot in 2003.

Since 2016, he is co-owner with his nieces of a Californian property: Tesseron Estate, whose vineyard “Pym Rae Napa Valley” was planted by Robin Williams in 1990.