My first and only visit to the beautiful
Inglenook Winery in
Napa Valley - now owned an operated by
Francis Coppola - took place in 1978. The winery had been founded 99 years earlier by the legendary Finnish Sea Captain
Gustave Ferdinand Niebaum (originally
Nybom), who already in the late 19th century managed to create world class wines, winning gold medals at the
Paris World Fair in 1889.
At the time of my visit the brand and the winery was owned by
Heublein Inc. which unfortunately was to start selling cheaper wines produced elsewhere under the name Inglenook. Fortunately Francis Coppola was in 2011 able to
acquire the brand and the winery, which again produces some of the best (organic) wines in Napa Valley.
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