Thoughtful Thursday

Once you pull the cork, you can't change the wine. It either works or it doesn't. But with food you can change the texture and the balance to make it better with the wine. That's what I do.

Dolores Cakebread

Dolores Cakebread, co-founder of Napa Valley’s Cakebread Cellars, passed away peacefully in her sleep in October 2020 at the age of 90. She and her husband, Jack, started their winery in Rutherford, CA in 1973. Dolores was instrumental in establishing Napa Valley’s high standard of hospitality and was a leader in the culinary renaissance that took place in Napa in the 1980s.

Cakebread pouring glass - Photo Alexander Rubin
Photo: Alexander Rubin

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