California-born Phinney, in fewer than ten years after his winery-work debut in Napa Valley in 1997, became one of the most successful winemakers ever to emerge from the Golden State. Now an elder statesman of the industry (at a mere 45 years of age), Phinney recalls how, (after falling in love with wine during college years in Florence) he maneuvered his way into working the ha...
Orin Swift sounds more like a character in an Agatha Christie mystery than a winery, but a Californian winery it is and a most impressive one. Established by Dave Phinney in 1998, though its genesis dates back even further – Orin is Dave’s father’s middle name and Swift, his mother’s maiden name.
As mentioned, the genesis for all this was earlier, in 1995. Dave and a friend talked themselves into ‘study...
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