Paul Hobbs is one of California wine’s biggest names. Twice named Wine Personality of the Year by Robert Parker, he joined Robert Mondavi in 1977, worked at Opus One and Simi before setting up his eponymous winery in 1991.
Born in New York State on a farm, he never intended to spend his time in the fields – but his father had other ideas, with a dream of diversifying the family business and planting vines.