The San Francisco Chronicle has a wonderful profile of Chateau Montelena, an estate that is “so much more than ‘Bottle Shock’.” As awesome as Chris Pine‘s turn as Bo Barret was, the real deal is even cooler.
The real Bo Barrett is a character, one of the few remaining rabble-rousers in a Napa Valley that has gotten ever more prim and well-behaved.
“Montelena’s just an overgrown mom-and-pop operation,” he says, with his family “still kind of the crazy dreamers.”
The full profile is here.
