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Acacia was sold to the Chalone Wine Group, which later was swallowed up by the global drinks giant Diageo, and wound up as part of Treasury Wine Estates when Diageo sold off its wine holdings in 2016.

He is best known for gorgeous, expressively aromatic syrahs, but also makes, in smaller quantities, lovely gamays, chenin blancs and oddities like mission from Lodi and freisa from Chalone.

The Paris Tasting helped make Napa Valley’s reputation, but Spurrier and Gallagher had included wines from the Chalone, David Bruce and Ridge wineries in California’s Central Coast as well.

Mr. Menezes said the company plans to fully exit the wine business—except for small, local operations in Turkey and India—after it sells off remaining brands like California’s Chalone Vineyard Estate.

Chalone has always made leaner Chardonnays in the Burgundian style.