Warren Winiarski
American winemaker
Died when: 95 years 229 days (1147 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Warren Winiarski (born 1928) was a Napa Valley winemaker and the founder and former proprietor of Stag's Leap Wine Cellars.Winiarski owns and operates Arcadia Vineyards in the Coombsville AVA of Napa Valley, which produces Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
In 1976, Winiarski won the Judgment of Paris blind tasting for his 1973 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon.He oversees the Winiarski Family Foundation, which supports educational and charitable causes, in addition to teaching courses at the St.
John's College Summer Classics program in Santa Fe, New Mexico.In 2017, Winiarski was inducted into the 11th class of the California Hall of Fame by Governor Edmund G.
Brown Jr. for his global efforts to showcase and preserve the quality and history of California wine.The Smithsonian Institution, through its National Museum of American History, awarded Winiarski the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal on November 21, 2019.
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