Staglin Family Vineyard

Staglin Family Vineyard
PO Box 680
Rutherford, California
USA 94573
Phone: 707-963-3994
http://www.staglinfamily.com

Contact: Shari Staglin

Breathe in the fresh air of the Rutherford, California foothills as you look out from the loggia over rows of beautiful Sangiovese. Swirl and taste some Chardonnay with Shari, and she'll tell you how her favorite varietal got planted here in 1994. Walk around the caves with Garen, and he’ll tell you how the winery works, gesturing like the Italian he is, making sure you know how special the winemaking here is. Sit down at the dinner table and have some more of the wine, and enjoy the conversation with your friends while you are served an above-and-beyond meal prepared by great chefs like Thomas Keller, Michael Chiarello, Ken Frank, and Cindy Pawlcyn, among many.

In early 1986 Shari and Garen convinced David Abreu to become their vineyard manager and began to replant the vineyard with guidance from André. Since then we have been focused on producing the finest wine possible from our estate. With severe thinning and organic viticultural practices, our annual production is less than 7,000 cases. It is one of the largest single vineyards owned by a family without any other partners or outside investors and through careful estate planning, we plan to keep it that way!

Today, we make Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Sangiovese, and are proud of our heritage. We named our Sangiovese "Stagliano", for our family’s (and its!) Italian history. In the last year of Ray’s life, Garen and Shari took the whole family to Bella, Ray’s birthplace in Calabria. This was the first time he had returned since coming to America in 1916. Within minutes of Ray’s arrival in Nicastro, just below Bella, his former neighbors recognized his dialect and knew that a native had returned. We traveled next to Tuscany and the estate of Biondi Santi in Montalcino. This is where Shari and Garen found the budwood that would become, for the first time in 1993, "Stagliano" Sangiovese. Our memories of that estate, and of Papa Ray himself, live on in the “Stagliano” bottle.
Pat Kelly receives an award for Pfizer's Music Festival donation
Pat Kelly receives Pfizer Pharmaceutical's award for its $500,000 donation to Music Festival 2005
“We are proud of our ability to turn wine into good deeds through the many important charities we support,” says Shari.

Winemaker: Fredrik Johansson

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