Have a glass of Petite Sirah tonight

The patriarch of Sonoma County wine, Louis J Foppiano, passed away at 101 years.

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RIP Lou, Sr.

Foppiano recalled a raid in 1926 when U.S. Treasury agents dumped 100,000 gallons of the family’s wine into a nearby creek. … “People from town came up and filled their bottles and jugs right from the ditch.”

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I had no idea he was still with us. Happy trails, Lou Sr.