This wine satisfied what I hoped was possible in the Napa Valley. Winiarski decided on purchasing land in the region after tasting a homemade wine from Nathan Fay's vineyard, after tasting the wine Winarski stated "I said to myself, Eureka! That’s it. Stag's Leap Wine Cellars was founded in 1970 after Winiarski purchased a 44-acre (18 ha) block of land for under $200,000 that was situated next to the vineyard owned by modern Napa Valley Cabernet winegrowing pioneer Nathan Fay. Following this, he moved to work at the newly started Robert Mondavi Winery. He moved to the Napa Valley with his wife and children in 1968, and took up a job with Chateau Souverain. After returning to Chicago, he found an interest in wine and in the early 1960s began to experiment with making his own wine at home. Warren Winiarski was introduced to wine while on a year-long trip to Italy studying the work of Niccolò Machiavelli. Stainless steel fermenting containers that are part of the Stag's Leap Wine Cellars The result of the tasting has been described by Decanter as "a victory that put California on the winemaking map, and established Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars as a global superstar". The French wines tasted were prestigious first and second growths wines from the 19 vintage from Château Mouton-Rothschild, Château Haut-Brion, Château Leoville Las Cases and Château Montrose. The winery achieved significant international recognition in 1976, four years after its establishment, at the Judgment of Paris where its 1973 vintage Cabernet Sauvignon won first place among ten top French and California red wines in a blind taste test by leading French wine experts. Stag's Leap Wine Cellars is a winery founded by Warren Winiarski in 1970 and based in the Stags Leap District of Napa Valley, California. Not to be confused with Stags' Leap Winery.
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