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There are many tales of successful business people who step away from the boardroom to follow their passion for wine and apply their undoubted drive to tilling the land and tending vines. In 1948, paper magnate James David Zellerbach purchased 14 acres of private oak woodland on a steep hillside on the west side of the Mayacamas Range, overlooking the town of Sonoma. The trees went for timber and pulp and, in 1953, vines were planted, but retirement to hobby winemaking was not part of James Zellerbach’s strategy - he was more ambitious than that. “Some of my friends appear to believe that this winery is just a pastime business with me,” he said, “but in actuality, it is a serious business enterprise.”

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