b'USA |California | Inglenook USA |California | InglenookI nglenook Winery is located in Rutherford, California, USA. The winery was founded in 1879 by a Finnish Sea Captain Gustave Niebaum. More than 1,500 acres (607 hectares) of the Inglenook property, of which 580 (234.7 hectares) were planted with vines, were acquired by Francis Ford Coppola in 1975 with profits from his film, The Godfather.Inglenook Winery has undergone several changes since 2010. In 2011, Francis Ford Coppola was able to purchase the trademark rights to the Inglenook name from the previous owner, The Wine Group. The same year Coppola hired Philippe Bascaules of Chateau Margaux to Francis Ford Coppola| Ownerbe the head winemaker at Inglenook. Since its first vintage in 1978, Rubicon had been a Bordeaux-style blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Bascaules wanted to make it more elegant and refined. He began by reducing the amount of Merlot in the blend and increasing the amount of Cabernet Franc. He also began using more new oak barrels and aging the wine longer before release.In 2022, Inglenook unveiled a spectacular 22,000 square-foot winery cave featuring 120 remotely controlled fermen-tation tanks that are aligned with each organically farmed vineyard block.Philippe Bascaules |Winemaker40 Dreyfus, Ashby & Co. | PORTFOLIODreyfus, Ashby & Co. | PORTFOLIO 41'