In Memory

Perhaps it is time to take a minute out of the day and remember the late Jess Jackson, wine pioneer and good guy.  A visionary that, with his first wife, developed the Kendell-Jackson brand and successfully popularized premium wines to the mass market; even giving chardonnay its current household staple status.  Also a great fan of horses and racing, Jess was a classic entrepreneur where every career he tried gave him a great deal of success.  This great name in wine and the vintner world died of cancer in his California home, an accomplished man.  

                Most people had never thought much about chardonnay until Jess Jackson had a feeling it would be a hit.  He was also vocal in the unfair practice that a lot of states have that force wine to pass through multiple distributors, increasing the consumer’s paying price.  He has many friends who will miss him and a great many fans of chardonnay that may have no idea who to thank for the wine they always keep in the house from four bottle wine carriers.  But do not mourn the man, thank him and follow the entrepreneurial spirit that runs America.

via Rhino Wino