After achieving success as a lawyer, he joined GE Capital to work for CEO Jack Welch, as well as co-founding Texas Pacific Group, a private equity firm, which in 1995 purchased Beringer Vineyards ...

McMillan called this phase “the winery equivalent of the roadside fruit stand.” Beringer Vineyards was the first to offer tours and tastings to rouse interest from new customers.

Cabernet Sauvignon, native to Bordeaux, has thick blue skins, giving the resulting wines plentiful tannins and phenolics and making them particularly ageworthy. Over the past 50 years, Cabernet ...

It has also gained an international presence, with a notable boom in California in the mid-1990s, both as a single-variety wine and as part of a blend. While France and California are the most ...

Some of the most famous wineries in the region include Robert Mondavi Winery, Beringer Vineyards, and Domaine Chandon. In addition to wine, Napa Valley offers a wide range of attractions and ...