Offers to buy Chappellet? The family has said no. Cyril Chappellet, CEO and Chairman of Chappellet, explains why the winery is worth more as an asset than as cash flow.
Cyril tells the story of Robert Mondavi calling his father on a party line to offer his tanks and presses, and why the first Chappellet vintage, 1968, carries no vintage date. He names his five First Growths of Napa, explains why 100 points is not the goal, and shares the lesson Louis Martini Sr. delivered at the family dinner table.
Chappellet was founded on Pritchard Hill in 1967 by Donn and Molly Chappellet and was the second winery established in the Napa Valley after Prohibition.
Mentioned: Donn and Molly Chappellet, Robert Mondavi, Jack Davies and Schramsberg, Joe Heitz and Heitz Cellar, Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve, Joseph Phelps Insignia, Silver Oak, Caymus, Louis Martini Sr., Cathy Corison, Phillip Corallo-Titus, Ry Richards, Hillstone Restaurant Group.
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