Custom vintner Napa Wine Company and Ghost Block Estate Wines have named Priyanka Dhar French as director of winemaking and winemaker, respectively.
Andrew Hoxsey, managing partner of both Napa Wine Company and Ghost Block, said in the May 15 announcement that French’s “deep technical expertise, luxury winemaking experience, and a visionary mindset” are instrumental to the continued growth of both ventures.
French previously was winemaker at Signorello Estate, where she led the winery’s recovery after its destruction in the 2017 Atlas Fire. As reported by North Bay Business Journal in April 2023, she directed the construction of a new 20,000-square-foot winery and 18,000-square-foot caves at the 100-acre estate while refining Signorello’s signature wines…