Who owns STAGS’ LEAP WINERY?
STAGS’ LEAP WINERY is owned by
TREASURY WINE ESTATES
Not to be confused with Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars
First Brewed
1971
Origin
California, United States
Stags’ Leap Winery was founded in Yountville, California in 1971 by Carl Doumani. It was sold to Beringer Vineyards in 1997, which at the time was owned by Texas Pacific Group. That company sold its wine brands in 2000 to Australian conglomerate Foster’s Group. Foster’s spun off its wine division in 2011 to become Treasury Wine Estates.
Stags’ Leap should not be confused with Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars (which uses a singular possessive), famous for winning the “Judgment of Paris” in 1976 which put Napa Valley on the map as a world wine player. Both wineries were founded at roughly the same time and come from the Stags Leap AVA, so in 1986 the California Supreme Court ruled that both could use the name.
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