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Castle Rock Winery | |
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Location | Torrance, California, USA |
Other labels | Dressage |
Founded | 1994 |
Key people | Greg Popovich, Founder & President |
Cases/yr | 350,000 |
Varietals | Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc |
Distribution | National |
Website | CastleRockWinery.com |
Castle Rock Winery is a wine producer and online vendor. Its corporate office is in Torrance, California.
Background
Castle Rock Winery was established in 1994 by Greg Popovich. 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.
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.
He resides in Rolling Hills, California with his wife Adriana and three children.
The winemaker is Meghan Rech. Castle Rock Winery has been featured in Business Monthly.
Castle Rock Winery has also been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle in 2005 and was among the Value Brands of the Year by Wine & Spirits magazine in 2016.
References
- "The life of the "other" Greg Popovich" ESPN. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- "Castle Rock Winery Partners – A remote peninsula winery" Easy Reader News. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- "Castle Rock Winery Celebrates 20 Years of Success" Wine Industry Advisor. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- "Meghan Rech Joins Castle Rock Winery" Wine Business Monthly. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- "Largest Wineries" Wine Business Monthly. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- "Winery Profiles" Wine Business Monthly. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- "The Chronicle’s best budget brands / Castle Rock Winery" San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- "Value Brands of the Year 2016: United States" Wine & Spirits. Retrieved 2019-11-06.