吉拉德酒莊 GIRARD 
 

三十年來第一次種植葡萄園後，古拉德繼續生產的葡萄酒反映取得了納帕谷是世界上最有名的新世界葡萄酒產區的質量。納帕谷的聲名鵲起是穿插了一個復興的開始，同時古拉德被放下了自己的根。
 

老藤葡萄
山谷的基準年發生在1976年，當時的法國評委盲嚐到了自己對葡萄酒來自納帕一些暴發戶。但令所有人吃驚的是，加州的葡萄酒贏得了兩個白色和紅葡萄酒類第一名。儘管抗議法國嗥叫，現在著名的巴黎品酒會確立在加利福尼亞州與舊世界的同行平起平坐。
今天，古拉德正在經歷各種各樣的類似重生。長期加州酒商帕特·羅尼的新千年後不久購買的酒莊。羅尼的職業生涯中的葡萄酒開始作為一個侍酒師在芝加哥著名的水泵房，在那裡，他在大學畢業後的工作。後來，他回到他的家鄉加利福尼亞州，最終，他拿起兩個酒廠的韁繩：首先作為酒莊聖讓總裁，後來由於昆德總裁，無論是在索諾瑪山谷。最終羅尼帶著他的管理技能和葡萄酒知識的特色食品供應者院長及德盧卡，他幫助從一個小的存在在紐約和華盛頓的全國企業發展業務。

在古拉德酒廠低空葡萄園
在古拉德，羅尼繼續使夏多內和卡本內蘇維濃釀造的葡萄酒的傳統。但他也在不斷擴大古拉德的品種重點粉黛和嬌小Sirah生長在百年老藤點綴在納帕鄉村。
因為它已經過去，古拉德的目標是要突出納帕谷和其豐富的，成熟的葡萄的味道。酒廠的投資組合的一小部分也來自於索諾瑪的高檔俄羅斯河谷，這裡涼爽的天氣提供了理想的條件，夏多內葡萄的種植。

Thirty years after first planting its vineyards, Girard continues to produce wines reflecting the quality that has made Napa Valley the most famous New World wine-growing region in the world. Napa Valley's rise to fame was punctuated by a renaissance that began at the same time Girard was setting down its own roots.

Old Vine Grapes
The valley's benchmark year occurred in 1976, when a panel of French judges blind-tasted their own wines against a few upstarts from Napa. Much to everyone's surprise, the California wines won first place in both the white and red wine categories. Despite French howls of protest, the now famous Paris Tasting firmly established California on an equal footing with its Old World counterparts.
Today, Girard is experiencing a similar rebirth of sorts. Longtime California vintner Pat Roney purchased the winery shortly after the new millennium. Roney's career in wine began as a sommelier at Chicago's renowned Pump Room, where he worked during and after college. Later he returned to his native California and eventually he took up the reins of two wineries: first as president of Chateau St. Jean, and later as president of Kunde, both in Sonoma Valley. Ultimately Roney took his management skills and wine knowledge to the specialty food purveyor Dean & DeLuca, where he helped grow the business from a small presence in New York and Washington to a national enterprise.
 
Low-altitude vineyard at Girard Winery
At Girard, Roney continues the tradition of making Chardonnay and Cabernet-based wines. But he is also expanding Girard's varietal focus to Zinfandel and Petite Sirah grown on century-old vines that dot the Napa countryside.
As it has been in the past, Girard's goal is to highlight the flavors of Napa Valley and its rich, ripe grapes. A small portion of the winery's portfolio also comes from grapes grown in Sonoma's upscale Russian River Valley, where cool weather offers ideal conditions for Chardonnay.
 
With the right grapes from the right locations, Girard offers a lineup that features both power and finesse--key words in California wine.