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Castle Rock Winery

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Castle Rock Winery
LocationTorrance, California, USA
Other labelsDressage
Founded1994
Key peopleGreg Popovich, Founder & President
Cases/yr350,000
VarietalsCabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc
DistributionNational
WebsiteCastleRockWinery.com

Castle Rock Winery is a wine producer and online vendor. Its corporate office is in Torrance, California.

Background

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Castle Rock Winery was established in 1994 by Greg Popovich.[1] [2] The wines are made from Oregon, Washington, and California grapes. All the wines are produced and bottled at partner wineries such as the Francis Ford Coppola facility in Sonoma County.[3]


Popovich grew up in Redondo Beach, California, and graduated from South Torrance High School where he was a 4-year Letterman in Varsity Tennis. He holds an AA degree in the Administration of Justice from El Camino College and graduated from the police academy as a level one police officer. Popovich also has an MBA from Pepperdine University.[citation needed]

He resides in Rolling Hills, California with his wife Adriana and three children.[citation needed]

The winemaker is Meghan Rech.[4] Castle Rock Winery has been featured in Business Monthly.[5][6]

Castle Rock Winery has also been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle in 2005[7] and was among the Value Brands of the Year by Wine & Spirits magazine in 2016.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "The life of the "other" Greg Popovich" ESPN. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  2. ^ "Castle Rock Winery Partners – A remote peninsula winery" Easy Reader News. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  3. ^ "Castle Rock Winery Celebrates 20 Years of Success" Wine Industry Advisor. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  4. ^ "Meghan Rech Joins Castle Rock Winery" Wine Business Monthly. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  5. ^ "Largest Wineries" Wine Business Monthly. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  6. ^ "Winery Profiles" Wine Business Monthly. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  7. ^ "The Chronicle’s best budget brands / Castle Rock Winery" San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  8. ^ "Value Brands of the Year 2016: United States" Wine & Spirits. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
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