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Cayman Compass
Rombauer Vineyard’s wines shine at Luca
When Koerner and Joan Rombauer moved to the hilly town of St. Helena in the northern part of Napa Valley, their original intention wasn’t to make wine.
“They just wanted to buy a house in the country,” said Eduardo Lleras, Rombauer Vineyard’s fine wine specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean.
It was in 1972, four years before the famous ‘Judgment of Paris’ blind wine tasting that proved that Napa Valley Chardonnays and Cabernet Sauvignons could rival – and surpass – their French counterparts, changing the world wine market forever.
With California wines suddenly on the world map, the Rombauers became partners in the Conn Creek winery in 1976 and four years later, they started Rombauer Vineyards on their own.
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