As if to illustrate the point that wine consumed with meals and in moderation is part of a healthy way of life, our own Mark Smith competed in the Napa Valley Marathon on March 6 and was one of the top finishers in the forty-five-to-forty-nine age group. Mark is the winemaker for our Hawk Crest label, and Warren and Barbara Winiarski were part of the Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars crew cheering him on from the sidelines.

Mark tells us that he was hoping to finish the grueling 26.2 Calistoga-to-Napa run in three hours and twenty minutes. In fact he beat his goal by almost a minute, clocking in at three hours, nineteen minutes, and four seconds—an average time of 7.62 minutes a mile!