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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. Support local news coverage and the people who...

Interview, Part 2: Hess Family Wine Estates’ Tim PerssonJanuary 19, 2021 In the second part of our interview, Hess Family Wine Estates chairman Tim Persson discusses the impact of California’s latest wildfires on the 2020 vintage, and his vision for the Hess portfolio over the next few years. SND: What’s been the impact of smoke taint from last year’s fires on the 2020 vintage? Persson: We’ve had quite a lot of experience with smoke taint between 2008, 2017, and, to a lesser extent, 2018 in the North Coast. In our experience, it’s virtually impossible to deal with smoke taint wh...