Since 1976 when Stag's Leap Wine Cellars won the famous Paris tasting, it has continued to produce world class Cabernets, notably for its SLV, Fay and Cask 23 labels.
Stags Leap District ~ Napa Valley (AVA)
Why Warren Winiarski sold Stag’s Leap:
“I wasn’t going to live forever.”
His children didn’t want to inherit iconic winery.
by
Alan Goldfarb
August 14, 2007
Faced with his own mortality and the fact that none of his three children wanted to take over the winery, Warren Winiarski, who will be 79 in October, had little qualms about selling his iconic winery, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars.
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