About Grgich Hills Estate
Grgich Hills was founded in 1977 by Mike Grgich, the Croatian-born winemaker whose 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay had just beaten top French Burgundies at the Judgment of Paris, and Austin Hills of the Hills Bros. coffee family. Grgich broke ground on the Rutherford winery on July 4, 1977, and quickly built a reputation for world-class Chardonnay and Zinfandel.
The winery renamed itself Grgich Hills Estate once it became 100% estate-grown across five Napa Valley vineyards, and later adopted Regenerative Organic certification in 2022. Mike Grgich died in 2023 at age 100, and the winery continues under his daughter Violet Grgich and grandnephew Ivo Jeramaz.
Mike Grgich and Austin Hills's 1977 Rutherford winery, founded by the winemaker behind the 1976 Judgment of Paris Chardonnay.
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Founded by the Judgment of Paris winemaker,Mike Grgich made the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that famously beat French Burgundies in 1976, then started his own winery the very next year.
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Fully estate-grown across five vineyards,Grgich Hills renamed itself "Estate" once all its fruit came from its own Napa Valley land, spanning Rutherford, Carneros, Calistoga, and beyond.
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A century of winemaking, honored to the end,Mike Grgich lived to 100, celebrating his centennial with two commemorative wines before his death in 2023, with the winery still run by his family today.
"Mike Grgich and Austin Hills's 1977 Rutherford winery, founded by the winemaker behind the 1976 Judgment of Paris Chardonnay."
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A guided tasting at the Rutherford estate of the winemaker who made the wine that won Paris in 1976, biodynamic Chardonnay, Yountville Cab, and Fumé Blanc from California wine's most historically significant living winemaker.
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