French luxury goods company LVMH Group, whose brands include Louis Vuitton and Dom Perignon, has made another play in Napa Valley fine wine with the acquisition of a majority stake in Colgin Cellars.
Ann Colgin and her husband, Joe Wender, sold 60 percent equity in the St. Helena winery she started in 1992, Paris-based LVMH announced Nov. 21. The couple will keep 40 percent ownersh...
Ann Colgin’s wines stand out as one of the most refined styles of wines produced in Napa Valley. They show distinctive purity of ripe black fruits, refined tannin structure and extremely elegant flavor profiles. The Colgin's Herb Lamb is one of the best examples of that. The hundred percent Cabernet Sauvignon from the Herb Lamb Vineyard, has been the hallmark wine of Colgin Cellars from its debut in 1992. In early 1990s, Ann made a long-term c...
The grapes are harvested during the night and go through three sortings, starting in the vineyards. The final sort takes place in the winery, where 15 people will do the final grape by grape sorting before crushing the grapes. Moving the grapes, juice or wine is done by gravity. The barrels, tanks and vinification equipment, along with the basket presses, are of the highest quality. Only the finest neo-classical winemaking methods are used in ...
Colgin Cellars winery is located at IX ESTATE (“Number 9 Estate”) high above Lake Hennesey, on a secluded mountaintop in the Pritchard Hill area of St. Helena. The gravity fed winery is a remarkable marriage of classic design and contemporary technology. Here the graceful lines of a Mediterranean villa and the round, barrel-like signature of the Cellar integrate the winemaker’s craft with its ecology, creating a noble place that is at once Cal...
As a vintner, an art collector, and an avid philanthropist, Ann Colgin is a renaissance woman with a playful and elegant personality. A native of Texas, Ann completed her undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University followed by an M.A. at New York University. She completed the Sotheby’s Decorative Arts Course in London, began her career in the auction world in New York, and later was the Director of the Sotheby’s West Coast Wi...
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