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Feature Article
Nils Venge (right) with his partner, hotelier Mark Carter, have created Envy Wines in Calistoga at the northern end of Napa Valley.
It’s The Envy of Napa Valley
Envy’s Venge, and partner Carter set down roots in Calistoga’s ‘pet’ zone. And we don't mean dogs or cats.
by
Alan Goldfarb
March 26, 2008
ils Venge’s presence has loomed large around the Napa Valley since the early 1970s when he began his career at the then-independently owned Sterling Vineyards. Known for his free-flowing, jovial countenance, Venge seemed to be catapulted to cult status when his 1985 Cabernet Reserve from Groth Vineyards was anointed with the highest accolade a winemaker can receive, from the nation’s highest arbiter of wine criticism.
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