We've opened the family album! Here are some of the friends who've made Schaefer's a great wine store over the years. Don't miss our list of recent VIP visitors, too! (Oh, my, haven't hair styles changed?!)
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George met the legendary André Tchelistcheff at Beaulieu Vineyards in February, 1971. In the group of four, George is on the right.
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Carl Wente (3rd generation owner of his winery), George Schaefer (2nd generation owner of his store) and Louis Martini (2nd generation owner of his winery) ca. 1972
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George met Peter Sichel's young sons in the courtyard at Château Palmer ca. 1971 (The one on the right, James, now calls on Schaefer's, and is shown in more recent scrapbook pages)
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Bernard Grivelet paid Schaefer's a visit
in September, 1978
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Charlie Grant Gordon and George in October, 1968
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George had dinner with Franz Karl Schmitt
ca. 1971
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George meets Count de Lafayette (Sort of the way George Washington did 200 years earlier)
May, 1976
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Lou Foppiano did a wine tasting here
ca. 1979
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And so did Peter Mondavi of the Charles Krug Winery
ca. 1988
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And Pat Paulsen stopped by to autograph
a few bottles.
ca. 1988
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Georges Duboeuf and
George Schaefer in the store
ca. 1980s
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Dick Sanford also did a wine tasting here
ca. 1980s
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And so did Bernard Portet, owner of Clos du Val
ca. early 1980s
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Mike Bernstein, then owner of Mt. Veeder Vineyards
in the store, ca. 1980s
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George getting ready for a cook-out
with a couple of his friends
ca. 1980s
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California's legendary winemaker, Myron Nightingale held forth in our tasting room
ca. 1980's
Nightingale made California's first botrytised wine in 1956,
Cresta Blanca's Premier Sémillo
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Alexandre Comtes de Lur Saluces and George
discussing Yquem vintages
February, 1990
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George received an award for excellence from
Serena Sutcliffe
October 26, 1996
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George enjoyed a glass of Champagne
with Michael Broadbent, MW -- Wine Director for Christies
1983
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Gerald Asher and George ran into each other in the store
ca. Early 1990s
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And on the same day Hubert Trimbach stopped by
ca. Early 1990s
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Alan Hemphill, president and founder of Ch. St. Jean discussed his wines with friends
ca. 1980's
(Yes, that's Leslee Reis, the renowned chef who owned Café Provencal)
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Graf Matuschka and his wife, of Schloss Vollrads, made a strong case for matching
great Rieslings with food
ca. 1980s
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A very young Dave Stare, owner of Dry Creek Vineyards
held forth at a tasting in our store.
ca. 1980's
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Len Olson and George share a moment
on one of our annual winery bus trips to Michigan's Tabor Hill
ca. 1980s
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Anjelo Gaja, master of Barbaresco, and his importer, Neil Empson
paid us a visit
ca. early 1980s
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Rodney Strong has become a good friend of Schaefer's
Here, the dance and wine master makes a point at a winemaker dinner
ca. late 1990s
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Doug Meador, founder of Ventana Vineyards,
giving a wine lecture in our tasting room
ca. early 1980s
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And others who have been an important part of our Saturday tastings over the years include Alexandre, Marquis de Lur Saluces; Bonny Doon's Randall Grahm; Pesquera's Alejandro Fernandez; Guenoc's Orville McGoon, Monticello's Jay Corley.... and many more.
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