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a personAndré Tchelistcheff

Russian-born, Paris-trained, and the winemaker most often credited with teaching post-Prohibition California what a cellar is for. He is remembered for cabernet, and he also argued for cold ground — Carneros among it.

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rolewinemaker
countryUnited States
regionCalifornia, Los Carneros
confidencemedium · updated 2026-09-16

Its kin

regionLos CarnerosThe cold shoulder he pointed people toward.and of this page it says: Who argued for this ground when Napa wanted cabernet.cellarHanzell VineyardsA contemporary experiment in importing Burgundian cellar practice.

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