Grgich 100 Birthday Celebration July 1 Brings Out the Fans

Enthusiastic fans proudly wearing their berets, one of Grgich's signature looks

Saturday hundreds of fans of Grgich Hills wines braved the heat to come out for feasting and festivities to celebrate Mike Ggrich's 100th birthday. 

Croatian dancers serves Croatian style sausages, while attendees picked their way through a crudite platter to end all crudite platters.

The bar was pouring the winery's top Chardonnay ($100 a bottle), master sommelier Andrea Robinson narrated festivities and celebrity appearances, Warren Winiarki attended, and there was plenty of general merriment among the assembled multitudes with a pro-Croatian theme motivating some of the fans.

From the winery's Carneros vineyards, their top (of 3) Chardonnays

Mike made an appearance as well, capping off a series of winery events, which started April 1, his real birthday. 

(You can read more about the iconic wine tasting at the Culinary Institute of America where historic vintages were served here). 

Grgich is one of the top wineries using only organic, estate grown grapes in Napa since 2006 and received its Regenerative Organic Alliance certification this spring. It is the only Napa winery that also certifies its wine organic under the "Made with Organic Grapes" certification, guaranteeing that winemaking practices are consistent and use fewer than 100 ppm of sulfites.