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Open House at Grgich Hills

Join co-founders Mike Grgich and Austin Hills and their families for a progressive tasting of current release and library wines paired with small bites. Rutherford, California, June  12, 2017 .  Grgich Hills Estate celebrates its 40 years as a historic wine estate with an Open House at the winery on July 29, 2017 from 11am to 3pm. The winery also debuts expanded tasting areas at its neighboring Ranch House with lawn and patio seating surrounded by vineyards, including a new mobile pizza oven to enhance the visitor and club member experience. Enjoy Napa chardonnay and Napa cabernet sauvignon on the beautiful grounds. Wine and food lovers are invited to join the Grgich and Hills families for a self-guided walking tour of the winery, including the cellar and production areas not usually open to the public. Visitors will stop at stations that feature a mix of the current release and library wines like Napa chardonnay and Napa cabernet sauvignon, all perfectly paired with small bit
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Organic Farming at Grgich Hills Part 4

Winemaker Ivo: I was pessimist about our future as farmers until recently. There is such a renewed energy interest in microbes, in soil, now we are linking it to all these microbes in our gut, we have same microbes – they are very similar and it’s a similar concept. And all these allergies in young kids which you never had a generation ago, can be explained to sick soil and what we eat today. So I will diverge a little bit from the subject because it’s bigger than your average Napa wineries and organic red wine. What we eat today – food has lost 30-70% of nutritional value. So we are eating food but we are not getting good nutrients. That’s why we have all these disease, cancers, allergies. What the heck! Food should not be… we should not be allergic to food! There is poisonous food that you avoid, but normal food – why would you be allergic? Like gluten? Well, what’s going on is there is far more gluten in wheat than it used to be through this wrong farming. So, by proper orga
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Violet Grgich Named President Grgich Hills Estate

Miljenko “Mike” Grgich is retiring as President of Grgich Hills Estate Winery, on of the best wineries in Napa CA, and handing the leadership role at the 40-year-old Napa Valley winery to his daughter Violet. “It’s time,” the 94-year-old Grgich said at an October board meeting, which sanctioned his plans. “I was surprised,” Violet Grgich said. “I know it’s hard to let go. This winery is his love and his life’s work.” She added that her ever-youthful father will continue his involvement as advisor and winemaker emeritus at the winery he co-founded with Austin Hills in 1977. Hills will remain as chairman of the board and director along with his sister Mary Lee Strebl.  “I have known Violet since the start of the winery and have seen her develop into a fine executive.  Everyone has complete confidence in her as she takes over as president of Grgich Hills Estate,” Hills said. Ivo Jeramaz, Vice President, continues to lead the winery’s winemaking and estate vineyard program. Je
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Location: 1829 St Helena Hwy, Rutherford, CA 94573, USA
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