Whose Napa Property??

WINE TALK
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Any idea whose Napa property this young lady bought???
LATimes:NapaVnydPurchase
Tom

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Looks like-
http://www.lieffwines.com
Based on info below (and the address)

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Wow nice pad! I’d boink her if I could swim in her pool [wink.gif]

I personally think its a shame what her ex husband did to the Dodger franchise for those dark years, basically pilfered it to finance his hoity toity lifestyle. Then walked away with a cool billion.
This is just another proof positive that Napa has become a playground for the rich. Winemaker? Yeah right!

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Yea,I find it hard to believe she’s all that much better. Remember she was boinking the bodyguard and spending freely with money from the Dodgers bank account.

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I’m guessing this wine won’t be a big hit with Dodger fans?

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That’s a good assumption but if she invites me over for a tour…

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I hear she’s looking for a pool boy… [snort.gif]

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You really think so? I think its hideous, 'cept for the awesome infinity pool.

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I am not sure why an article about the purchase of a property devolves so quickly into locker room talk.

I have never heard of this woman and am not interested in her prior amorous escapades. I do know the property in question, and it is a very nice property.

And there are still some people here in Napa Valley - like me and hundreds of others - who are working very hard to preserve Napa Valley as something other than a playground for the rich.

And don’t tell me not to open questionable threads, because as a Napa Valley property and vineyard owner, of course I was interested in what I thought was contained in this thread.

How about those Red Sox?

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Hey Merrill, just joking around and I remember when Napa was a sleepy little farming town. You have to admit, some very deep pockets have moved into the valley in the last 20+ years.
What caught my attention in this thread was Jamie McCourt, she was tabloid fodder around my parts for the last 5 years with the Dodger debacle then the bodyguard/divorce. Did you know she and her husband came from Boston?
His claim to fame before moving to LA was he owned a parking lot in Boston and leveraged it into ownership of our Dodgers. Parlayed into his Billion dollar windfall.
Brian, I do like the modern feel of that house although didn’t look too functional. Like the toilet in the shower??

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The house is spectacular and so is the setting. But I would think the house would seem cold on a cool or rainy day. You do get those in Napa, right?

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+1, if I was spending 11 mil, it wouldn’t be on that.

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We get very cool mornings and evenings in our winter months - it has regularly been in the 30s at 8:00 a.m. for a week or two. Might get up to high 70s or even 80s at the peak during the day, but then the temperature slides back. And in a good year, because we need rainfall for the vines, we hope for a good soaking rain once or twice a week. So, yes, we get cool and rainy between Thanksgiving and April, say.

That property is 15-20 minutes south from me, so slightly different temperatures (5 degrees warmer and cooler), but mostly the same.

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Heated floors are magic. I have been at this home for a dinner when Napa Valley was sponsoring the Wine Blobbers Conference. Just one of the hundreds of nice hillside homes in the valley.

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So what is it that wine blobbers do at a conference Doug? Lots of blobbing I suspect. [tease.gif]

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Hmmmmm, Merrill…I always heard it was “warm days and cool nights…”…yada/yada/yada. [snort.gif]
Tom

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I think that is what I just expressed, Tom. But I said it in 50 words instead of 5. Which is my typical mode of expression…

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This is in fact the former Lieff property.

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More info here:
Ex-CEO/owner of Los Angeles Dodgers buys Napa estate for $11.25M

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The property is nice but the house is…hideous IMHO.

Sounds like she’ll fit right in!

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