TWP CALIFORNIA – PRODUCT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Amici - Correct Answers -Owner: John Harris
Winemaker: Tony Biagi
Location: Calistoga
Wines: Cabernet Spring Mountain, Oakville, Morisoli
Araujo - Correct Answers -Owner: Pinault family (Chateau Latour)
Location: Calistoga
Wines: Cab and syrah
Facts: Uses Eislele vineyard, famed for quality grapes
Caymus - Correct Answers -Owner: Chuck Wagner
Location: Rutherford Caymus
Only wine to win twice WotY from WS
Cayuse - Correct Answers -Owner/winemaker: Christophe Baron
Location: Walla Walla
Wines: Bionic Frog (99 pts), Cailloux, Flying Pig (all Syrah)
Sold only through mailing list
Chappellet - Correct Answers -Owner: Chappellet Family
Location: Napa Valley/ Pritchard Hill
Winemaker: Philip Titus
Committed to sustainability, own rights to Pritchard Hill, will NOT show up on bottles as
it is not an AVA
Baldacci - Correct Answers -Owner: Tom Baldacci
Winemaker: Rolando Herrera
Location: Stag's Leap
Wines: Cab (SLD and Napa), Pinot noir (carneros)
Facts: Cutting Wharf in Carneros is source for grapes. Winemaker worked up from
laborer to head winemaker
Barnett - Correct Answers -Owner: Fiona and Hal Barnett
Location: Spring Mountain
Winemaker: David Tate
Either estate bottled, from spring mountain, or single vineyard.
Bedrock - Correct Answers -Owner/winemaker: Morgan Twin-Peterson
Location: Sonoma
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Amici - Correct Answers -Owner: John Harris
Winemaker: Tony Biagi
Location: Calistoga
Wines: Cabernet Spring Mountain, Oakville, Morisoli
Araujo - Correct Answers -Owner: Pinault family (Chateau Latour)
Location: Calistoga
Wines: Cab and syrah
Facts: Uses Eislele vineyard, famed for quality grapes
Caymus - Correct Answers -Owner: Chuck Wagner
Location: Rutherford Caymus
Only wine to win twice WotY from WS
Cayuse - Correct Answers -Owner/winemaker: Christophe Baron
Location: Walla Walla
Wines: Bionic Frog (99 pts), Cailloux, Flying Pig (all Syrah)
Sold only through mailing list
Chappellet - Correct Answers -Owner: Chappellet Family
Location: Napa Valley/ Pritchard Hill
Winemaker: Philip Titus
Committed to sustainability, own rights to Pritchard Hill, will NOT show up on bottles as
it is not an AVA
Baldacci - Correct Answers -Owner: Tom Baldacci
Winemaker: Rolando Herrera
Location: Stag's Leap
Wines: Cab (SLD and Napa), Pinot noir (carneros)
Facts: Cutting Wharf in Carneros is source for grapes. Winemaker worked up from
laborer to head winemaker
Barnett - Correct Answers -Owner: Fiona and Hal Barnett
Location: Spring Mountain
Winemaker: David Tate
Either estate bottled, from spring mountain, or single vineyard.
Bedrock - Correct Answers -Owner/winemaker: Morgan Twin-Peterson
Location: Sonoma