“As a young winemaker starting out in the early 1970’s. I was both exhilarated and anxious to begin work in an uncharted region now known as Carneros. Many industry specialists shook their heads at me in disbelief, calming the region to be suitable only for cattle and masochists, certainly not for grapes. fifty years later, the Carneros has emerged as one of the prime grape growing regions on the world.” Francis Mahoney