Wine 101: Quintessa

In 1944, George Mardikian purchased a 280-acre plot of land in the northern Napa Valley as a vacation home for his family. By then, Mardikian was already something of a popular name on the West Coast: He gained renown for surviving the Armenian Genocide, escaping Turkish prison, and opening one of the most influential restaurants in San Francisco. After Mardikian passed away, his family kept the property in a trust and left it largely untouched. That was until 1989 when a Chilean couple began looking for fertile land in Napa Valley. The article Wine 101: Quintessa appeared first on VinePair.