“… So then I got down like I was crouching. And then I got down on my stomach and I kind of crawled, like you’d crawl under barbed wire in a battle, for about 3 yards, and I’m kind lying off to the right front of them with that wide-angle lens. And with that angle, where you’re grass-eye view and you have them, and the stadium and the clouds, and it was like, ‘Wow, dynamite.’” … [Read more...] about How one photo came to embody Joe Montana, Bill Walsh and a 49ers dynasty
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Tom Brady or Joe Montana? Jerry Rice says he’d take this QB ‘any day’
He caught passes from Hall of Famers Joe Montana and Steve Young while playing for the San Francisco 49ers, and he played with Rich Gannon, the Oakland Raiders' second all-time leading passer, when Rice moved across the San Francisco Bay later on in his career. … [Read more...] about Tom Brady or Joe Montana? Jerry Rice says he’d take this QB ‘any day’
In a major Pinot Noir deal, Sonoma legend Williams Selyem sells stake to Burgundy’s Faiveley family
John Dyson, who has owned Williams Selyem with his wife Kathe Dyson since 1998, said the motivation for selling a stake was to secure a succession plan, since he and Kathe hope to retire in a few years. He called the partnership “a culmination of many, many years of looking for the right people to succeed us.” They had many interested parties, he said, but had some specific criteria. … [Read more...] about In a major Pinot Noir deal, Sonoma legend Williams Selyem sells stake to Burgundy’s Faiveley family
Legendary California winery Williams Selyem will hand over control to a French producer
During their tenure so far, the Dysons have made major investments in Williams Selyem. They grew production from the 4,000-case output in 1998 to about 20,000-25,000 cases in a typical year. They built a state-of-the-art winery and visitor center at the Westside Road property. They bought more vineyards, including a Guerneville apple orchard that they now call the Drake Estate, and the Saitone Estate, which has Zinfandel vines planted in 1895. … [Read more...] about Legendary California winery Williams Selyem will hand over control to a French producer
With the big Williams Selyem deal, a California wine icon aims to avoid a common fate: a soulless private equity future
In its two decades of existence, Kosta Browne has essentially had four different ownership structures, most of them in private equity; the founders, Dan Kosta and Michael Browne, have not been involved now for a few years. Most recently, in 2018, Kosta Browne sold to Napa’s Duckhorn Wine Co., which is itself now owned by a private equity fund. In the process, the brand has lost much of its luster, feels more corporate, and the wine style has changed. … [Read more...] about With the big Williams Selyem deal, a California wine icon aims to avoid a common fate: a soulless private equity future
