Ivo Jeramaz: The Paris tasting at 50 and the future of California wine

Ivo Jeramaz grew up in the same Croatian soil as his uncle Mike Grgich — the man who made the Napa Valley Chardonnay that beat the French at the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, which recently turned 50. Jeramaz later followed his uncle to California, where he carries that legacy forward as winemaker at Grgich Hills, navigating an industry under pressure. He is still connected to that afternoon in Paris, holding fast to the belief that the land, farmed right, tells you everything you need to know.