People to Know: Bill Harlan

Bill Harlan is the founder and owner of Harlan Estate in Oakville, in the Napa Valley. The Harlan Estate wine, a cabernet blend, is considered one of California’s greatest wines, and a wine highly sought after by collectors worldwide. Bill is a native Californian and a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in communications and public policy. In 1974, he co-founded Pacific Union Co., a diversified real estate development firm in San Francisco. In addition to establishing Harlan Estate in 1984, Bill also founded BOND Winery in 1996 and Promontory Winery in 2008, all in the Napa Valley. Bill is also the managing partner of Meadowood Resort and the innovative, members-only winery The Napa Valley Reserve.

Karen MacNeil interviewed Bill Harlan for WineSpeed in August 2019.
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