Milestones
1969
The Epiphany
The man who would become the founder of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars had been tasting Cabernet Sauvignon up and down the valley in search of a place he believed would be capable of producing wines of classic proportion and balance.
In 1969, he found his way to grape-growing pioneer Nathan Fay, whose vineyard below the rocky promontory of the Stags Leap Palisades was the first planting of Cabernet Sauvignon in what later became recognized a one of the world’s great areas for Cabernet. After tasting Nathan’s homemade 1968 Cabernet Sauvignon he knew, instantly, that he had found what he was searching for.
