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Patchen Markell
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Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:18 am
Ithaca, New York
Patchen Markell wrote:They're the 3rd generation of Napa winemakers in the Shifflett family. 1st and 2nd generation sold grapes to Raymond, Elyse, Duckhorn, Freemark Abbey, and others; 2nd generation started Shifflett Estate winery.
Patchen Markell
Wine guru
962
Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:18 am
Ithaca, New York
Patchen Markell wrote:Well, I can imagine why a couple of early 30-somethings might want to try to make a name for themselves without riding on parents' coattails. Or maybe they had marketing consultants tell them that it was a way to make their product feel accessible to the social media generation.
(Incidentally, I'd never heard of them, or the family, before you posted -- that was just the result of a quick search of the California Secretary of State's business website and then the Napa Valley Register.)
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