DEPARTMENT HEADER
Ultra
WE MEET THE WOMAN BEHIND THE SPECTRUM OF WINES FROM
GRGICH HILLS ESTATE by Meridith May /
photos by John Curley
MAGNETIC PERSONALITY: Violet Grgich is the only daughter of Mike Grgich, whose 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay bested the top white Burgundies to win fi rst place in the 1976 Paris Tasting. His own winery, Grgich Hills Cellars, founded in 1977, changed its name in 2007 to Grgich Hills Estate in recognition of its Napa Valley property. "My father is still very much in charge. This is not about the next generation taking over and saying 'Let's go crazy.'"
84 / the tasting panel / april 2012
