How Andre Tchelistcheff fled revolution, reinvented Napa, and taught the New World to outshine the Old
Golden light spills over endless rows of vines, and the hum of harvest fills the valleys of California. For weeks every fall, the land turns into a symphony of baskets, presses, and fermenting grapes – the heartbeat of an industry that now makes the United States the world’s fourth-largest wine producer and its biggest consumer. Ninety percent of that comes from California alone, a state that has become synonymous with fine wine.
This success story began not with the land, but with a man. Behind Napa’s rise stood an unlikely figure: a Russian…
Read the full article at RT.COM
