Chalone Founder Richard Graff Dies In Plane Crash

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Issue: March 31, 1998

March 31, 1998 Chalone Founder Richard Graff Dies In Plane Crash Richard Graff, who revived Chalone Vineyard and founded the Chalone Wine Group family of wineries in California, died Jan. 9 after flying his private plane into a power pole near Soledad in Monterey County.

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