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Learning from the Best – Four Young Winemakers and their Wines

It has been said that if you choose a job you love, you’ll never work a day in your life…and isn’t it also true that if you work with the best, your work will always be the best?

And so begins another generation of winemakers and their impeccable wines...

These four young winemakers have all apprenticed with and learned from celebrated winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown. Here is a collection of their personal wine endeavors, and the lucky winning bidder will enjoy a tasting of these wines with the winemakers, schedules permitting, at the stunning new Mending Wall Winery.

from John Giannini, three 750 ml 2013 Cresta Velia Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 

After fifteen years as an accomplished chef in top tier restaurants, John Giannini worked a harvest with winemaker Thomas Brown in 2003, and was bitten by the wine bug. He joined the Outpost team in 2006, where he works as Thomas’s Assistant Winemaker. John founded Cresta Velia, named for his mother and grandmother, in 2010.

from Anne Fogerty, three 750 ml 2014 Belharra Syrah Las Madres Vineyards 

For Anne Fogerty, employment in the vineyards led to a job in a winery, and the opportunity for more learning and even longer days. Caught up in the promise of adventure and travel in wine production, Anne followed harvests around the world after college, always landing back in northern California among family and friends. She began working with Thomas at Outpost in 2010, where she is presently Cellar Master.

from Mathew Nagy, two 750 ml 2014 whole cluster Syrah and one 750 ml 2015 whole cluster Grenache from the Las Madres Vineyard
 
Matthew began his love of wine during a wine and spirits class at the University of South Carolina. He worked three harvests in the Napa Valley that landed him with another Southerner, Thomas, at Outpost in 2011.  He then moved to Mending Wall to become cellar master. Traveling to the other hemisphere to work harvests on our off season, he always makes his way back to Calistoga for ours.

From Tim Beranek, three 750 ml 2014 Young Hagen Riddle Vineyard Pinot Noir

Tim Beranek left the golf course where he had toured with his pro card and headed out to the wild west to seek California and wine. His love of wine work began at Kosta Brown but by 2011 he had joined Thomas Brown and the team at Outpost. He now is the assistant winemaker and runs the day to day operations of Mending Wall. Having learned from the best, he now has his own label – Young Hagen wines.

Item Special Note

Collection of California Sales Tax: Unless a valid resale permit is presented to seller prior to the sale, purchaser will be required to pay all state and local retail sales taxes applicable in the date of sale. Resale permits will be accepted only for businesses that are reasonably expected to buy and sell wine. Sales tax will be collected on the fair market value of each lot which contains tangible goods.

Shipping or Pick up of Wines: Shipping costs are the sole responsibility of the winner.

Non-Napa County winners must arrange for their wines to be shipped from The Packaging Company, beginning Friday, March 3, 2017. If you're the lucky winner, we'll call or email you with directions for making this happen.

Napa County winners of auction lots containing wine may pick up their wines at the St. Helena office of the UpValley Family Centers beginning Friday, March 3, 2017. If you are the lucky winner, we'll call or email you with details.