{"id":25528,"date":"2022-05-01T19:47:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T02:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/?p=25528"},"modified":"2022-05-01T19:51:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T02:51:04","slug":"jack-cakebread-napa-valley-wine-pioneer-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/2022\/05\/01\/jack-cakebread-napa-valley-wine-pioneer-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Jack Cakebread: Napa Valley wine pioneer dies at 92"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RIP Jack Cakebread, the Napa Valley wine pioneer dies at 92.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jack Cakebread<\/strong>, Napa Valley Wine pioneers who lead the transformation of the Napa Wine Country to become a global sensation in the 1970s, died on April 26.<\/p>\n

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The founder of Cakebread Cellars<\/strong>, with his wife, the late Dolores Cakebread, Jack was 92.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Jack was a leader in the renaissance of Napa Valley,”<\/p>\n

said vintner Tim Mondavi. ”<\/p>\n

He and Dolores were a team that elevated both the food and the wine of the valley.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Dolores Cakebread, known for Cakebread Cellar’s American Harvest workshops<\/strong>, which included food, wine and viticulture, passed away in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After serving in the Air Force, Cakebread took up photography<\/strong> and studied with the renowned landscape photographer Ansel Adams<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Cakebread’s work at the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles and offered him a job shooting photos for “A Treasury of American Wines<\/strong>,” a book written by Nathan Chroman.<\/p>\n

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In February 1972<\/strong>, the photography assignment brought him to Napa Valley<\/strong>. On his way back home to Oakland, he visited a friend’s 22-acre ranch near Rutherford.<\/p>\n

His casually offered to purchase his friend’s walnut orchards for just over $2,000 \u2014 and to his surprise, they accepted the the offer.<\/p>\n

The rest is Cakebread history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 1973, Cakebread Cellars produced its first wine<\/strong>, 157 cases of Chardonnay with help from their neighbor Robert Mondavi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tim Mondavi praised Cakebread’s “long-term vision<\/strong>. He was a long-term thinker and planner,” he said. “His insight on estate planning reflected his confidence in his children.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Years later, after his sons took over management of Cakebread Cellars, Jack continued to be active at the winery and in wine industry affairs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He and wife Dolores traveled the U.S. and the world meeting with distributors, retailers, restaurateurs and consumers. He led seminars at Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Northwestern universities.<\/p>\n

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The family will hold a private burial ceremony in Napa.<\/p>\n

In lieu of flowers, they request a donation is to Collabria Care of Napa, give.providence.org\/collabriacare<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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