by Richard Paul Hinkle
The son of a grocery store owner, Norm de Leuze got into wine in 1969 when he and another Aerojet General aerospace engineer rented one of Ed Bacher’s empty farm buildings outside of Sonoma. I vividly recall him telling me at the time, “We originally intended to make only Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, but these excellent lots of Gewurztraminer, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Zinfandel and...

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