CEO David Pearson has led Opus One, the Napa Valley partnership between Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe and Baroness Philippine de Rothschild (of Mouton Rothschild fame), since 2004. Pearson is the first person ever given sole responsibility for the high-profile venture.

In our premiere San Francisco issue, we touted 25 Tech Titans In Silicon Valley-The men who rule the Bay Area’s tech industry. For our second issue, it’s time for the top women to get their props.

The movie legend is responsible for the resurrection of one of California’s most important wine estates: Inglenook. Here, he explains how his quest for a small cottage outside of San Francisco turned into a quest to create one of the country’s finest wines.

Life is much more exciting if you can spice it up with some interesting international events.

As an event designer, the best of what I create comes from an inspired place. I don’t control it, nor do I have any choice in the matter, I simply must create to exist.

It’s time for spring, and that is always a good thing in the culinary world. The rebirth of a season means revamping menus with fresh ideas.

A fine wine can always be traced back to the earth, and that earth is the legacy of what we have received from our ancestors and what we are going to leave for the future generation.

Baroness Philippine de Rothschild has vineyards around the globe in which she continues her family’s legacy of creating the world’s finest wines.

For the past few months, near San Francisco Bay, a team has been diligently building a water vessel that will take a select few adventurers on a 10,000-mile journey to Sydney.