In Memory of Patty Bogle

The wine world has been mourning this past week over the loss of Patty Bogle, an influential woman in the vintner world.  She was part of the team, and indeed the driving force, that turned a small family farm into one of California’s wine making superstars. Bogle vineyards has even been described by her son as a “second child” to Patty Bogle.  She transformed a couple acres of petite sirah and chenin blanc into one of the country’s top value-oriented brands with over a million cases sold annually.  But while Patty is responsible for many a happy wine lover taking home full two bottle wine totes, she has left the business to her family and joined her husband Chris Bogle. 

                For many years Patty had been battling with acute myeloid leukemia and passed away on the 11^th at the age of 59.  While a great loss for the wine world and her family alike, the Bogle Vineyards will carry on as a family business ran by her three children and eventually her nine grandchildren who all miss Patty and want to continue to see her vision through of making only the best wines with only the best grapes as the Bogle family has been doing since the Bogle brand was launched in 1979.

via Rhino Wino