A Living Piece of Napa Valley History
Buying the old Niebaum property planted a seed Francis Ford Coppola came to nurture. Over the ensuing years he began to imagine his own winery and, eventually, developed the passion to restore the property and make it shine again. Wine Spectator's James Laube explains.
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