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Warren Winiarski

March 04, 2023

Warren Winiarski (born 1928) is a Napa Valley winemaker and the founder and former proprietor of Stag's Leap Wine Cellars.

Warren Winiarski
Born1928 (age 94–95)
Chicago, Illinois
Occupation(s)Winemaker and Grape Grower
Known forAward Winning Winemaker and Preservationist
WebsiteWarrenWiniarski.com

Winiarski owns and operates Arcadia Vineyards in the Coombsville AVA of Napa Valley, which produces Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. In 1976, Winiarski won the Judgment of Paris blind tasting for his 1973 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon.[1] He oversees the Winiarski Family Foundation, which supports educational and charitable causes, in addition to teaching courses at the St. John's College Summer Classics program in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 2017, Winiarski was inducted into the 11th class of the California Hall of Fame by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. for his global efforts to showcase and preserve the quality and history of California wine. The Smithsonian Institution, through its National Museum of American History, awarded Winiarski the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal on November 21, 2019.[2][3]

Background

Warren Winiarski was born to Stephen and Lottie Winiarski in 1928 in a large Polish section of Chicago, Illinois. His parents owned a livery business in Chicago and his father made honey wine, fruit-flavored, and dandelion wine at home which the family drank on special occasions.[4]

He studied the western classics curriculum at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, graduating in 1952;[4] Winiarski then began his graduate work at the University of Chicago in political theory with Leo Strauss.[5] While at St. John's College, Winiarski met his wife, Barbara and they were married in 1958.[6]

During his studies at the University of Chicago, Winiarski spent a year in Italy (1954–55) studying the political thinker Niccolò Machiavelli.[4] It was during that year he became convinced that he wanted to become a winemaker.[7] He also lectured in the Basic Program of Liberal Education at the University of Chicago while working on his Ph.D. After contributing the chapter on Machiavelli in the Rand McNally textbook, History of Political Philosophy (1963),[5] he shortened his academic studies to an MA degree from the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought.

Winemaking

In 1964, Warren and Barbara Winiarski moved to Napa Valley, California,[4] where Winiarski accepted a job as an apprentice winemaker working with Lee Stewart at Souverain Cellars,[8] before moving on to be the first winemaker at Robert Mondavi Winery in 1966, while Michael Mondavi was away at National Guard Service.[9] In 1968, Winiarski left Robert Mondavi Winery to make wine in Colorado at Ivancie Cellars.[10] He selected California grapes that were to be shipped to Denver, where they were made into wine. Though Winiarski still lived in California, this project would kick start the Colorado wine industry.[11]

In 1970, Winiarski and several investors bought a 44-acre prune orchard in the Napa Valley and replanted it to a vineyard.[4] He removed the prune, cherry, and walnuts trees on the property and planted Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. In 1973 Winiarski built a winery near the vineyard and founded Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, and the next year, 1974, he introduced a reserve line, Cask 23.[4] In 1976, Winiarski won the Judgement of Paris blind tasting for his 1973 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon. The achievement brought worldwide recognition to California, Napa Valley, and Stag's Leap Wine Cellars.[12]

In 1989, Warren chaired the Napa Valley Vintners committee that spearheaded and obtained passage of the California state law, State Senate Bill No. 771 (the Conjunctive Labeling Law), which required any wine bottled after January 1, 1990, and labeled with an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located entirely within Napa Valley must also include Napa Valley on the label "in conjunction with the other AVA designation of the wine."[13] This law helped build brand equity for the individual AVAs as well as the Napa Valley, ensuring the region always had two winners and no losers. The law strengthened Napa Valley's position as a recognized world-class wine region.[14]

In 2003, thirty winemaking alumni and the current winemaking team paid homage to Winiarski through the Hands of Time installation at Stag's Leap Wine Cellars. Each placed their hands into limestone aggregate to create a plaque. These plaques were mounted as a monument at the winery to remind those in the future of the opportunity to learn and go on. Those in attendance that day included John Kongsgaard, Bob Sessions, John Williams, Dick Ward, Rolando Herrera, Françoise Peschon, Paul Hobbs and Michael Silacci. Many of these winemakers had spent their formative years at Stag's Leap Wine Cellars with Winiarski.[15]

In 1996, Winiarski and his wife, Barbara, initiated The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History's American Food & Wine History Project. The project uses food and wine history as a lens for understanding American history by tracing the long and diverse history of wine in the United States.[16]

Winiarski created and taught a seminar at the Red, White and American symposium at the Smithsonian Institution on the 20th Anniversary of the Judgment of Paris. The symposium, much like the Paris tasting 20 years earlier, was a milestone in the history of American wine because it marked the Federal Government's recognition of wine as part of American culture.[16]

In 2012, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars' 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon was received into the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. permanent museum collection.[17] The bottle is included in the "American Food & Wine History Project".

The bottle was included in the book, "The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects", by Richard Kurin, the Smithsonian Institution's Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture. Other items chosen for the book from the 137 million artifacts of the museum include Neil Armstrong's space suit, Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, and Lewis & Clark's compass.[18]

On August 1, 2007, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars reached an agreement to be acquired for $185 million by UST Inc. and Marchese Piero Antinori.[19][20]

Winarski has continued his contributions to the Colorado wine industry. In honor of his influence and mentorship to the state's viticultural heritage, he was invited to participate as a Judge at the Colorado Governor's Cup Wine Competition from 2014 to 2018.[21] In 2018, he was honored with the "Friends of the Colorado Wine Industry" award by the Colorado Association of Viticulture and Enology.[22]

Winiarski currently owns and operates Arcadia Vineyards, in the Coombsville AVA of Napa Valley which produces Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot.[20]

Philanthropy

The Winiarski Family Foundation has made donations to many conservation and preservation efforts, including those of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, wine and food history research, collecting of wine and food objects, the Smithsonian's Winemaker Dinners,[16] Land Trust of Napa County,[23] the Napa County Open Space District,[24] the Jack L. Davies Napa Valley Agricultural Preservation Fund,[23] If Given A Chance[25] and The Pathway Home,[26] among other organizations

In 2018, the Winiarski Family Foundation made a $50 million matching grant to St. John's College in Annapolis and Santa Fe to help bridge the gap between what it costs the college to educate a student and what the student pays in tuition. The grant allowed the two Colleges to lower tuition costs by $17,000.[27][6]

In June 2018, Winiarski donated $3.3 million to build the world's most comprehensive collection of wine writers work within the library at the University of California, Davis.[28]

In October 2020, the Winiarski Family Foundation, awarded a $150,000 grant to Western Colorado Community College's Viticulture and Enology Program at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado. The grant established the “Warren Winiarski, Gerald Ivancie Institute of Viticulture and Enology” and provides funding for scholarships, programs and research projects to assist Colorado's winemakers and grape growers as well as offer opportunities for a new generation in the Colorado wine industry.[29]

Land preservation

Winiarski is among the original promoters of the Napa Ag Preserve passed in 1968,[30] Measure J in 1990 and its extension Measure P in 2008, Measure I in 2006, Measure Z 2017 and Measure C in 2018.[30] Since 1990, Winiarski has donated nearly 200 acres to the Land Trust of Napa County, including the Paris Tasting vineyard and his current property, Arcadia Vineyards, in Coombsville AVA.[23]

Awards

  • 2019 James Smithson Bicentennial Medal, awarded by the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History [2][3]
  • 2018 American Legend Wine Star, awarded by Wine Enthusiast[31]
  • 2018 Friends of the Colorado Wine Industry award, Colorado Association of Viticulture and Enology[22]
  • 2017 Inducted into the California Hall of Fame as member of the 11th Class by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.[32]
  • 2017 Acre by Acre award, received along with his wife, Barbara, Land Trust of Napa County[33]
  • 2017 Person of the Year, Czas Wina Magazine, Kraków, Poland[34]
  • 2016 United States Congressional Resolution 734, commemorating the 1976 Judgment of Paris Tasting's 40th Anniversary, Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.[35]
  • 2013 Thomas Jefferson Award, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts[36]
  • 2012 Smithsonian Magazine includes the Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 1973 S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon as one of the "101 Objects that Made America"[12][37]
  • 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Chicago[38]
  • 2009 Inducted into the Vintner Hall of Fame, Culinary Institute of America, St. Helena, California[39]
  • 2008 Wine Lifetime Achievement Award, California State Fair[40]
  • 2006 United States Congressional Resolution 399, commemorating the 1976 Judgment of Paris Tasting's 30th Anniversary, Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.
  • 2004 Warren Winiarski "Vintner of the Year" award received from COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts[41]
  • 1992 Award of Merit, St. John's College[42]
  • 1988 Harry Waugh Trophy for Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 1977 CASK 23 Cabernet Sauvignon, International Wine and Spirit Competition London, England[citation needed]
  • 1976 First Place, Judgment of Paris, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 1973 S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon: a blind tasting of California Cabernets and French first-growth Bordeaux by French wine experts, bringing worldwide recognition to California, Napa Valley and Stag's Leap Wine Cellars.[43]

Professional Boards and Associations

  • 2004–Present If Given a Chance Foundation Board of Directors, Napa, California[44]
  • 2001-2015 Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Board Director and Chairman of the Heritage Award Committee[45]
  • 1994–Present St. John's College, Tutor, Summer Classics program[46]
  • 1986–Present Knights of the Vine, Supreme Knight. Founding member[47]
  • 1989–2009 St. John's College Board of Directors Emeritus Member, Warren Winiarski, Class of 1952[48]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Judgment Of Paris: The Blind Taste Test That Decanted The Wine World". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  2. ^ a b McIntyre, Dave. "A pioneering California winemaker gets his due from the Smithsonian" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  3. ^ a b "Napa vintner Warren Winiarski wins Smithsonian's prestigious James Smithson Bicentennial Medal". SFChronicle.com. November 20, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "THE WINIARSKI WAY / In 1976, Warren Winiarski's Cabernet bested Bordeaux, and Stag's Leap Wine Cellars became famous. At age 76, he's still in control". Sfgate.com. April 2004. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b "The University of Chicago Magazine". magazine.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  6. ^ a b Candid. "St. John's College Receives $50 Million Toward New Tuition Model". Philanthropy News Digest (PND). Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  7. ^ Dunne, Mike. "Warren Winiarski reflects on half a century of making wine in California". The Sacramento Bee. ISSN 0890-5738. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  8. ^ "Does Formal Wine Training Matter?". Wine Enthusiast Magazine. 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  9. ^ McIntyre, Dave (23 July 2016). "Fifty years ago, Robert Mondavi transformed Napa Valley — and American wine". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  10. ^ Unknown. "The first flying winemaker..." Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  11. ^ "Warren Winiarski: Colorado wine industry is "all grown up"". Denverpost.com. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  12. ^ a b "1973 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
  13. ^ "Defining Napa: Shaping an Appellation - Richard Mendelson - Articles - GuildSomm". Guildsome.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  14. ^ Atkin, Tom; Wilson, Damien; Thach, Liz; Olsen, Janeen (December 2017). "Analyzing the impact of conjunctive labeling as part of a regional wine branding strategy". Wine Economics and Policy. 6 (2): 155–164. doi:10.1016/j.wep.2017.10.003. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  15. ^ "Winiarski's legacy: Attention to detail". Napavalletregister.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  16. ^ a b c "The legend among us: Warren Winiarski: Napa Valley vintner to be honored with 'Wine Star'". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
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  18. ^ "Wines That Put Napa On The Map Honored By Smithsonian". 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  19. ^ "Iconic Napa Winery Stag's Leap Sold for $185 Million | News | News & Features | Wine Spectator". WineSpectator.com. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
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  22. ^ a b "Warren Winiarski Named Friend of Colorado Wine Industry". Businesswire.com. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  23. ^ a b c "Land Trust honors Warren and Barbara Winiarski with 2017 Acre by Acre Award". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  24. ^ "Napa Valley Vintners Matches $25,000 Warren Winiarski Challenge Grant for Open Space District". Wine Industry Advisor. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  25. ^ "If Given A Chance 2016 Awards Dinner". If Given A Chance | Home. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  26. ^ Sestito, Maria. "Graduate of Napa Valley's Pathway Home featured in film about military PTSD". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  27. ^ By, Robert Nott |. "St. John's College plans major tuition decrease". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  28. ^ "World-Renowned Vintner Gives $3.3 Million to UC Davis Library". UC Davis. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  29. ^ "Napa legend donating $150k to form CMU wine institute". Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  30. ^ a b "Napa Valley's Warren Winiarski Stands Up for Open Space". Wine Industry Advisor (Press release). 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  31. ^ "Warren Winiarski Awarded American Wine Legend Wine Star Award by Wine Enthusiast - Wine Industry Advisor". Wine Industry Advisor. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
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  33. ^ "2017 Acre by Acre Award". Napalandtrust.org. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  34. ^ "Warren Winiarski Is Named Czas Wina's 2017 Person of the Year - Wine Industry Advisor". Wineindustryadvisor.com. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  35. ^ Thompson, Mike (2016-05-17). "H.Res.734 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Recognizing and honoring the historical significance of the 40th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris, and the impact of the California victory at the 1976 Paris Tasting on the world of wine and the United States wine industry as a whole". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  36. ^ "The Jefferson Award - PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts". Pafa.org. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  37. ^ "101 Objects that Made America: America in the World". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
  38. ^ "Alumni Award winners span varied careers and achievements, from economics to medicine to winemaking". News.uchicago.edu. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  39. ^ "The Culinary Institute of America Announces the 2009 Vintners Hall of Fame Inductees". www.businesswire.com. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  40. ^ "Wine Lifetime Achievement Award". California State Fair. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  41. ^ Penn, Cyril (2004-09-30). "Grape broker says glut could end by 2006". SFGate. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  42. ^ "Award of Merit Recipients—Alumni Association | St. John's College". www.sjc.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  43. ^ "The Judgment Of Paris: The Blind Taste Test That Decanted The Wine World". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
  44. ^ "if-given-a-chance | BOARD & HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS". If Given A Chance | Home. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  45. ^ "The Warren Winiarski Interview - Grapecollective.com". grapecollective.com. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  46. ^ "Summer Classics Seminar Schedule, Santa Fe | St. John's College". www.sjc.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  47. ^ "Supreme Knights & Ladies". www.kov.org. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  48. ^ "St. John's Board of Visitors & Governors | St. John's College". www.sjc.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-09.

Further reading

  • Taber, George M. Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wine. NY: Scribner, 2005.
  • Winiarski, Warren. Zut alors! The French like California wine.Wines & Vines, April 1991, 72(4), 28.
  • Lukacs, Paul. American Vintage - The Rise of American Wine. W.W. Norton, 2005
  • Lukacs, Paul. The Great Wines of America. W.W. Norton, 2005
  • Lapsley, James. Bottled Poetry. University of California Press, 1997
  • Conaway, James. Napa - The Story of an American Eden. Avon Books, reprint ed. 1992
  • Chiarello, Michael. Napa Stories - Profiles, Reflections & Recipes from the Napa Valley. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2001
  • Mondavi, Robert. Harvest of Joy: How the Good Life Became Great Business Harcourt Inc., 1999
  • Allhoff, Fritz (editor); Draper, Paul (Foreword). Wine and Philosophy: A Symposium on Thinking and Drinking. Wiley-Blackwell, 2007
  • Mendelson, Richard. Appellation Napa Valley: Building and Protecting an American Treasure. Cameron + Company, 2016

March 04, 2023
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Warren Winiarski born 1928 is a Napa Valley winemaker and the founder and former proprietor of Stag s Leap Wine Cellars Warren WiniarskiBorn1928 age 94 95 Chicago IllinoisOccupation s Winemaker and Grape GrowerKnown forAward Winning Winemaker and PreservationistWebsiteWarrenWiniarski comWiniarski owns and operates Arcadia Vineyards in the Coombsville AVA of Napa Valley which produces Chardonnay Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot In 1976 Winiarski won the Judgment of Paris blind tasting for his 1973 Stag s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon 1 He oversees the Winiarski Family Foundation which supports educational and charitable causes in addition to teaching courses at the St John s College Summer Classics program in Santa Fe New Mexico In 2017 Winiarski was inducted into the 11th class of the California Hall of Fame by Governor Edmund G Brown Jr for his global efforts to showcase and preserve the quality and history of California wine The Smithsonian Institution through its National Museum of American History awarded Winiarski the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal on November 21 2019 2 3 Contents 1 Background 2 Winemaking 3 Philanthropy 4 Land preservation 5 Awards 6 Professional Boards and Associations 7 See also 8 References 9 Further readingBackground EditWarren Winiarski was born to Stephen and Lottie Winiarski in 1928 in a large Polish section of Chicago Illinois His parents owned a livery business in Chicago and his father made honey wine fruit flavored and dandelion wine at home which the family drank on special occasions 4 He studied the western classics curriculum at St John s College in Annapolis Maryland graduating in 1952 4 Winiarski then began his graduate work at the University of Chicago in political theory with Leo Strauss 5 While at St John s College Winiarski met his wife Barbara and they were married in 1958 6 During his studies at the University of Chicago Winiarski spent a year in Italy 1954 55 studying the political thinker Niccolo Machiavelli 4 It was during that year he became convinced that he wanted to become a winemaker 7 He also lectured in the Basic Program of Liberal Education at the University of Chicago while working on his Ph D After contributing the chapter on Machiavelli in the Rand McNally textbook History of Political Philosophy 1963 5 he shortened his academic studies to an MA degree from the John U Nef Committee on Social Thought Winemaking EditIn 1964 Warren and Barbara Winiarski moved to Napa Valley California 4 where Winiarski accepted a job as an apprentice winemaker working with Lee Stewart at Souverain Cellars 8 before moving on to be the first winemaker at Robert Mondavi Winery in 1966 while Michael Mondavi was away at National Guard Service 9 In 1968 Winiarski left Robert Mondavi Winery to make wine in Colorado at Ivancie Cellars 10 He selected California grapes that were to be shipped to Denver where they were made into wine Though Winiarski still lived in California this project would kick start the Colorado wine industry 11 In 1970 Winiarski and several investors bought a 44 acre prune orchard in the Napa Valley and replanted it to a vineyard 4 He removed the prune cherry and walnuts trees on the property and planted Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot In 1973 Winiarski built a winery near the vineyard and founded Stag s Leap Wine Cellars and the next year 1974 he introduced a reserve line Cask 23 4 In 1976 Winiarski won the Judgement of Paris blind tasting for his 1973 Stag s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon The achievement brought worldwide recognition to California Napa Valley and Stag s Leap Wine Cellars 12 In 1989 Warren chaired the Napa Valley Vintners committee that spearheaded and obtained passage of the California state law State Senate Bill No 771 the Conjunctive Labeling Law which required any wine bottled after January 1 1990 and labeled with an American Viticultural Area AVA located entirely within Napa Valley must also include Napa Valley on the label in conjunction with the other AVA designation of the wine 13 This law helped build brand equity for the individual AVAs as well as the Napa Valley ensuring the region always had two winners and no losers The law strengthened Napa Valley s position as a recognized world class wine region 14 In 2003 thirty winemaking alumni and the current winemaking team paid homage to Winiarski through the Hands of Time installation at Stag s Leap Wine Cellars Each placed their hands into limestone aggregate to create a plaque These plaques were mounted as a monument at the winery to remind those in the future of the opportunity to learn and go on Those in attendance that day included John Kongsgaard Bob Sessions John Williams Dick Ward Rolando Herrera Francoise Peschon Paul Hobbs and Michael Silacci Many of these winemakers had spent their formative years at Stag s Leap Wine Cellars with Winiarski 15 In 1996 Winiarski and his wife Barbara initiated The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History s American Food amp Wine History Project The project uses food and wine history as a lens for understanding American history by tracing the long and diverse history of wine in the United States 16 Winiarski created and taught a seminar at the Red White and American symposium at the Smithsonian Institution on the 20th Anniversary of the Judgment of Paris The symposium much like the Paris tasting 20 years earlier was a milestone in the history of American wine because it marked the Federal Government s recognition of wine as part of American culture 16 In 2012 Stag s Leap Wine Cellars 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon was received into the Smithsonian s National Museum of American History in Washington D C permanent museum collection 17 The bottle is included in the American Food amp Wine History Project The bottle was included in the book The Smithsonian s History of America in 101 Objects by Richard Kurin the Smithsonian Institution s Under Secretary for History Art and Culture Other items chosen for the book from the 137 million artifacts of the museum include Neil Armstrong s space suit Charles Lindbergh s Spirit of St Louis and Lewis amp Clark s compass 18 On August 1 2007 Stag s Leap Wine Cellars reached an agreement to be acquired for 185 million by UST Inc and Marchese Piero Antinori 19 20 Winarski has continued his contributions to the Colorado wine industry In honor of his influence and mentorship to the state s viticultural heritage he was invited to participate as a Judge at the Colorado Governor s Cup Wine Competition from 2014 to 2018 21 In 2018 he was honored with the Friends of the Colorado Wine Industry award by the Colorado Association of Viticulture and Enology 22 Winiarski currently owns and operates Arcadia Vineyards in the Coombsville AVA of Napa Valley which produces Chardonnay Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot 20 Philanthropy EditThe Winiarski Family Foundation has made donations to many conservation and preservation efforts including those of the Smithsonian s National Museum of American History wine and food history research collecting of wine and food objects the Smithsonian s Winemaker Dinners 16 Land Trust of Napa County 23 the Napa County Open Space District 24 the Jack L Davies Napa Valley Agricultural Preservation Fund 23 If Given A Chance 25 and The Pathway Home 26 among other organizationsIn 2018 the Winiarski Family Foundation made a 50 million matching grant to St John s College in Annapolis and Santa Fe to help bridge the gap between what it costs the college to educate a student and what the student pays in tuition The grant allowed the two Colleges to lower tuition costs by 17 000 27 6 In June 2018 Winiarski donated 3 3 million to build the world s most comprehensive collection of wine writers work within the library at the University of California Davis 28 In October 2020 the Winiarski Family Foundation awarded a 150 000 grant to Western Colorado Community College s Viticulture and Enology Program at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction Colorado The grant established the Warren Winiarski Gerald Ivancie Institute of Viticulture and Enology and provides funding for scholarships programs and research projects to assist Colorado s winemakers and grape growers as well as offer opportunities for a new generation in the Colorado wine industry 29 Land preservation EditWiniarski is among the original promoters of the Napa Ag Preserve passed in 1968 30 Measure J in 1990 and its extension Measure P in 2008 Measure I in 2006 Measure Z 2017 and Measure C in 2018 30 Since 1990 Winiarski has donated nearly 200 acres to the Land Trust of Napa County including the Paris Tasting vineyard and his current property Arcadia Vineyards in Coombsville AVA 23 Awards Edit2019 James Smithson Bicentennial Medal awarded by the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History 2 3 2018 American Legend Wine Star awarded by Wine Enthusiast 31 2018 Friends of the Colorado Wine Industry award Colorado Association of Viticulture and Enology 22 2017 Inducted into the California Hall of Fame as member of the 11th Class by Governor Edmund G Brown Jr 32 2017 Acre by Acre award received along with his wife Barbara Land Trust of Napa County 33 2017 Person of the Year Czas Wina Magazine Krakow Poland 34 2016 United States Congressional Resolution 734 commemorating the 1976 Judgment of Paris Tasting s 40th Anniversary Capitol Hill Washington D C 35 2013 Thomas Jefferson Award Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 36 2012 Smithsonian Magazine includes the Stag s Leap Wine Cellars 1973 S L V Cabernet Sauvignon as one of the 101 Objects that Made America 12 37 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award University of Chicago 38 2009 Inducted into the Vintner Hall of Fame Culinary Institute of America St Helena California 39 2008 Wine Lifetime Achievement Award California State Fair 40 2006 United States Congressional Resolution 399 commemorating the 1976 Judgment of Paris Tasting s 30th Anniversary Capitol Hill Washington D C 2004 Warren Winiarski Vintner of the Year award received from COPIA The American Center for Wine Food and the Arts 41 1992 Award of Merit St John s College 42 1988 Harry Waugh Trophy for Stag s Leap Wine Cellars 1977 CASK 23 Cabernet Sauvignon International Wine and Spirit Competition London England citation needed 1976 First Place Judgment of Paris Stag s Leap Wine Cellars 1973 S L V Cabernet Sauvignon a blind tasting of California Cabernets and French first growth Bordeaux by French wine experts bringing worldwide recognition to California Napa Valley and Stag s Leap Wine Cellars 43 Professional Boards and Associations Edit2004 Present If Given a Chance Foundation Board of Directors Napa California 44 2001 2015 Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Board Director and Chairman of the Heritage Award Committee 45 1994 Present St John s College Tutor Summer Classics program 46 1986 Present Knights of the Vine Supreme Knight Founding member 47 1989 2009 St John s College Board of Directors Emeritus Member Warren Winiarski Class of 1952 48 See also Edit Wine portalList of wine personalities Judgment of Paris wine Stag s Leap Wine CellarsReferences Edit The Judgment Of Paris The Blind Taste Test That Decanted The Wine World NPR org Retrieved 2019 04 09 a b McIntyre Dave A pioneering California winemaker gets his due from the Smithsonian via www washingtonpost com a b Napa vintner Warren Winiarski wins Smithsonian s prestigious James Smithson Bicentennial Medal SFChronicle com November 20 2019 a b c d e f THE WINIARSKI WAY In 1976 Warren Winiarski s Cabernet bested Bordeaux and Stag s Leap Wine Cellars became famous At age 76 he s still in control Sfgate com April 2004 Retrieved 19 May 2018 a b The University of Chicago Magazine magazine uchicago edu Retrieved 2019 04 09 a b Candid St John s College Receives 50 Million Toward New Tuition Model Philanthropy News Digest PND Retrieved 2019 04 09 Dunne Mike Warren Winiarski reflects on half a century of making wine in California The Sacramento Bee ISSN 0890 5738 Retrieved 2019 04 09 Does Formal Wine Training Matter Wine Enthusiast Magazine 2019 02 11 Retrieved 2019 04 09 McIntyre Dave 23 July 2016 Fifty years ago Robert Mondavi transformed Napa Valley and American wine Washingtonpost com Retrieved 19 May 2018 Unknown The first flying winemaker Retrieved 2019 04 09 Warren Winiarski Colorado wine industry is all grown up Denverpost com 2 June 2014 Retrieved 19 May 2018 a b 1973 Stag s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Smithsonian Institution Retrieved 2018 11 20 Defining Napa Shaping an Appellation Richard Mendelson Articles GuildSomm Guildsome com Retrieved 19 May 2018 Atkin Tom Wilson Damien Thach Liz Olsen Janeen December 2017 Analyzing the impact of conjunctive labeling as part of a regional wine branding strategy Wine Economics and Policy 6 2 155 164 doi 10 1016 j wep 2017 10 003 Retrieved 2019 04 09 Winiarski s legacy Attention to detail Napavalletregister com Retrieved 19 May 2018 a b c The legend among us Warren Winiarski Napa Valley vintner to be honored with Wine Star Napa Valley Register Retrieved 2019 04 09 1973 Stag s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Smithsonian Institution Retrieved 2019 04 09 Wines That Put Napa On The Map Honored By Smithsonian 2014 04 10 Retrieved 2019 04 09 Iconic Napa Winery Stag s Leap Sold for 185 Million News News amp Features Wine Spectator WineSpectator com Retrieved 2019 04 09 a b Bonne Jon Editor Chronicle Wine 2008 03 28 After the leap His celebrated winery sold Warren Winiarski ponders his legacy and his next move SFGate Retrieved 2019 04 09 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last2 has generic name help Colorado Wine Board Hosts Governor s Cup Competition with Warren Winiarski Among the Judges PRWeb Retrieved 2019 04 09 a b Warren Winiarski Named Friend of Colorado Wine Industry Businesswire com 6 February 2018 Retrieved 19 May 2018 a b c Land Trust honors Warren and Barbara Winiarski with 2017 Acre by Acre Award Napa Valley Register Retrieved 2019 04 09 Napa Valley Vintners Matches 25 000 Warren Winiarski Challenge Grant for Open Space District Wine Industry Advisor 2017 05 04 Retrieved 2019 04 09 If Given A Chance 2016 Awards Dinner If Given A Chance Home Retrieved 2019 04 09 Sestito Maria Graduate of Napa Valley s Pathway Home featured in film about military PTSD Napa Valley Register Retrieved 2019 04 09 By Robert Nott St John s College plans major tuition decrease Santa Fe New Mexican Retrieved 2019 04 09 World Renowned Vintner Gives 3 3 Million to UC Davis Library UC Davis 2018 07 26 Retrieved 2018 12 20 Napa legend donating 150k to form CMU wine institute Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Retrieved 2020 10 26 a b Napa Valley s Warren Winiarski Stands Up for Open Space Wine Industry Advisor Press release 2017 02 21 Retrieved 2019 04 09 Warren Winiarski Awarded American Wine Legend Wine Star Award by Wine Enthusiast Wine Industry Advisor Wine Industry Advisor 2018 09 18 Retrieved 2018 11 20 Warren Winiarski Judgement of Paris legend makes hall of fame Decanter com 15 November 2017 Retrieved 19 May 2018 2017 Acre by Acre Award Napalandtrust org Retrieved 19 May 2018 Warren Winiarski Is Named Czas Wina s 2017 Person of the Year Wine Industry Advisor Wineindustryadvisor com 31 October 2017 Retrieved 19 May 2018 Thompson Mike 2016 05 17 H Res 734 114th Congress 2015 2016 Recognizing and honoring the historical significance of the 40th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris and the impact of the California victory at the 1976 Paris Tasting on the world of wine and the United States wine industry as a whole www congress gov Retrieved 2019 04 09 The Jefferson Award PAFA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pafa org Retrieved 19 May 2018 101 Objects that Made America America in the World Smithsonian Retrieved 2018 11 20 Alumni Award winners span varied careers and achievements from economics to medicine to winemaking News uchicago edu 14 May 2010 Retrieved 19 May 2018 The Culinary Institute of America Announces the 2009 Vintners Hall of Fame Inductees www businesswire com 2008 12 01 Retrieved 2019 04 09 Wine Lifetime Achievement Award California State Fair Retrieved 2019 04 09 Penn Cyril 2004 09 30 Grape broker says glut could end by 2006 SFGate Retrieved 2019 04 09 Award of Merit Recipients Alumni Association St John s College www sjc edu Retrieved 2019 04 09 The Judgment Of Paris The Blind Taste Test That Decanted The Wine World NPR org Retrieved 2018 11 20 if given a chance BOARD amp HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS If Given A Chance Home Retrieved 2019 04 09 The Warren Winiarski Interview Grapecollective com grapecollective com Retrieved 2019 04 09 Summer Classics Seminar Schedule Santa Fe St John s College www sjc edu Retrieved 2019 04 09 Supreme Knights amp Ladies www kov org Retrieved 2019 04 09 St John s Board of Visitors amp Governors St John s College www sjc edu Retrieved 2019 04 09 Further reading EditTaber George M Judgment of Paris California vs France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wine NY Scribner 2005 Winiarski Warren Zut alors The French like California wine Wines amp Vines April 1991 72 4 28 Lukacs Paul American Vintage The Rise of American Wine W W Norton 2005 Lukacs Paul The Great Wines of America W W Norton 2005 Lapsley James Bottled Poetry University of California Press 1997 Conaway James Napa The Story of an American Eden Avon Books reprint ed 1992 Chiarello Michael Napa Stories Profiles Reflections amp Recipes from the Napa Valley Stewart Tabori amp Chang 2001 Mondavi Robert Harvest of Joy How the Good Life Became Great Business Harcourt Inc 1999 Allhoff Fritz editor Draper Paul Foreword Wine and Philosophy A Symposium on Thinking and Drinking Wiley Blackwell 2007 Mendelson Richard Appellation Napa Valley Building and Protecting an American Treasure Cameron Company 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Warren Winiarski amp oldid 1136199762, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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