History
Thirty years after first planting its vineyards, Girard continues to produce wines reflecting the quality that has made Napa Valley the most famous New World wine-growing region in the world. Napa Valley's rise to fame was punctuated by a renaissance that began at the same time Girard was setting down its own roots.
The valley's benchmark year occurred in 1976, when a panel of French judges blind-tasted their own wines against a few upstart...