Napa Valley winery Chateau Montelena has acquired a 73-acre vineyard in the Carneros AVA with an eye toward boosting its Chardonnay program. Terms were undisclosed. The vineyard is situated at the ...

The winning wines? A 1973 Stag's Leap Cabernet Sauvignon and 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay. Read more:Napa Valley icon, whose California Cabernet shocked the wine world, dies at 95 The results ...

He meets Jim Barrett, whose Chateau Montelena is mortgaged to the hilt as Jim perfects his chardonnay. There's strain in Jim's relations with his hippie son Bo and his foreman Gustavo, a Mexican ...