US: 'Don't call us a cult' – Screaming Eagle
US: 'Don't call us a cult' – Screaming Eagle
Aug 13, 2012 6
(Decanter) - Celebrated Californian wine Screaming Eagle is a Napa Valley grand cru, not a cult, according to the winery's general manager. In a rare visit to the highly secretive Oakville producer reported in September’s issue of Decanter, Adam Lechmere discovers that the c-word’s connotations of excess don’t sit well with general manager Armand de Maigret.
‘No-one calls us that [a cult] any more,’ de Maigret insists. ‘We’re a grand cru – a Napa first growth.
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