SASHA PAULSEN
A lion s head suggests a certain redoubtable strength, but Hess Collection chose the name Lions Head for a new portfolio of wines, they didn t quite know how useful a degree of leonine resolve would be as the project evolved.
Donald Hess officially retired in 2017, four decades after he bought land on Mt. Veeder and three decades after he opened his Hess Collection Winery. The leadership of the family-owned winery passed to Sabrina, his daughter, and her husband, Tim Persson, but Lion s Head was already in the works.
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