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The new old Stag's Leap Wine Cellars

Jeff McBride generally doesn't guard the gate at Stag's Leap Wine Cellars but, as general manager, he's involved with just about every other aspect of the winery.

Stags Leap District ~ Napa Valley (AVA)

The Owners Have Changed
at Stag's Leap...Has Anything Else?

Senior Editor Alan Goldfarb takes a look at the changes at Stag's Leap Wine Cellars since its $185 million purchase by Ste. Michelle Estates, along with its Italian partner in this venture, Antinori. Goldfarb finds the more things change, the more things stay the same.

by Alan Goldfarb
March 12, 2008



DropCap As I walk to my car with Jeff McBride, the new general manager at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, a couple of tourists pass by - the man is dressed in an outlandish azure print shirt and shorts on this unusually warm late February afternoon – and nothing appears visibly different at the winery.

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