March 31, 2014

Mike Grgich’s Love of Zinfandel

Mike Grgich’s Love of Zinfandel

A tweed blazer, blue-wool beret and matching slip-ons, may not be the classic outfit you would reach for on a blazing California desert morning. At 90-years old and impeccably dressed, Miljenko “Mike” Grgich of Grgich Hills Estate answered the door at his home in the sunny Coachella Valley. There was no rain in the forecast for weeks, possibly months, but the man who helped to put Napa Valley wines on the global stage still wears his signature beret. (more…)

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April 1, 2013

The Man behind the Vine at Grgich Hills Estate

The Man behind the Vine at Grgich Hills Estate

“Did you know that nutmeg is used in cookies in Croatia”? That was near the end of a two-hour discussion with the man who turned the wine world on its head. Miljenko “Mike” Grgich turns ninety on this day April 1, 2013. He describes his life as happy, blessed and filled with opportunity. It was that attitude that carried him through his early days in a remote Croatian village, through a period of communist threats, to West Germany and then eventually to California. (more…)

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