Jack Cakebread, Pioneering Napa Valley Winemaker, Dies at 92
He was an auto mechanic with a sideline in photography when he and his wife bought a cattle farm in 1972. They turned it into one of America’s leading wineries.
Source: nytimes.com
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He was an auto mechanic with a sideline in photography when he and his wife bought a cattle farm in 1972. They turned it into one of America’s leading wineries.
Jack Cakebread, a vintner and pioneer of California’s modern wine industry, died on...
The owner of an auto repair shop and a freelance photographer, Cakebread found a second career helping define Napa Chardonnay at Cakebread Cellars