Niebaum-Coppola

Inglenook is one of the most storied properties in Napa Valley. Finnish seafaring captain and entrepreneur Gustave Niebaum purchased the Inglenook estate in 1879. Under Niebaum’s tenure, Inglenook increased production and became one of the early leaders in Napa Valley. Niebaum’s grandnephew John Daniel Jr. took Inglenook to notable heights with brilliant wines in the 1940s and 1950s before selling the estate and the brand to Allied Grape Growers in 1964. Director Francis Ford Coppola bought the property in 1978 with his windfall from the first two Godfather movies, and christened his estate Niebaum-Coppola. Many years later, in 2011, Coppola was finally able to purchase the Inglenook brand and return the property to its historic name.