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GOURMET
WINEMAKER
TO THE STARS
I n 1975 Francis Ford “As a writer, director, producer, and
Coppola, the multiple technological pioneer, Coppola has created
Academy Award winner,
author and director of a body of work that has helped to shape
such classic films as The Godfather contemporary American cinema. He has
trilogy, Apocalypse Now, Patton, The been making films for more than fifty years
Outsiders, Dracula, and The Rainmaker,
purchased 1,560 acres of the Napa and wine for nearly forty.”
Valley Inglenook estate, including the
Niebaum mansion, renamed it the Fittingly the Francis Ford Coppola
Niebaum-Coppola Estate Winery and Winery is now the sole wine brand
called it home. of the annual Academy Awards® and
Governor’s Ball from 2017-2019.
With plenty of work, time, investment, Guests at this year’s soiree enjoyed
expansion, research and hiring the Coppola’s 2013 Archimedes from
best of the best, Francis and Eleanor Alexander Valley, as well as two limited
Coppola have made their dream of edition wines crafted in part by Francis
becoming producers of some of the Ford Coppola himself for the occasion:
finest wines in the world a reality. a 2015 Cinema Premiere 89th Edition
Russian River Valley Chardonnay and
2013 Cinema Premiere 89th Edition,
Sonoma County Red Wine.
Photos Courtesy Of: niebaum - coppola estate winery, ralph´s coffee and andaz mayoba.
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