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Daou Vineyards was founded by two brothers, Georges and Daniel, who moved to California in the early 1980s to pursue their American dream.  They enrolled at UC San Diego and studied Electrical and Computer Engineering.  After graduation, they started their own company, Daou Systems, a networking technology company that would revolutionize hospital computer systems.

In 1998, after taking DAOU Systems public, Georges and Daniel sold the company, and a new dream arose, a dream with its roots in France. For years, Daniel had been making wine in his garage in rural San Diego, tending to a one-acre vineyard of Cabernet Sauvignon, and reading every book he could find about winemaking. He knew he was destined to be a winemaker and knew it was time to start a winery. Everyone told him he was crazy, but with Georges as his business partner, Daniel told his father, “I’m going to buy this property in Paso, and I want to become a winemaker, and I think I can make one of the best wines in the world.” Without hesitation, Joseph said, “Go and don’t look back. Go full throttle.”

Daniel’s winemaking vision had one very singular focus-creating the highest possible quality Cabernet and Bordeaux wines. This mission had a critical ingredient-the Calcareous Clay soils of Bordeaux. For Daniel, there is no greater truth than the fact that great wine is made in the vineyard. His extreme focus on every detail from the proper soil to his proprietary planting structure that creates “total vine balance” his exacting, almost extreme, winegrowing philosophy allows for the grapes to arrive to the winery in the perfect condition to create wines that continue to rival the best in the world.

Daou’s growth has been unparalleled.  Our virtual tasting with Daou will focus on how the business of winemaking has changed over the past decade.  Some of the headwinds that the wine industry is facing (see below) have not affected Daou’s growth.  What is Daou’s secret to success?

·         August 26, 2023 - Headline from France that 200 million euros have been earmarked to support the disposal of excess wine.

·         August 22, 2023 – Gallup poll reflecting young adults in the U.S. have become progressively less likely to use alcohol over the past two decades, with the percentages of 18- to 34-year-olds saying they ever drink, that they drank in the past week and that they sometimes drink more than they should all lower today.

Our tasting will include one Estate Wine – Soul of the Lion and one Reserve Wine – Eye of the Falcon. Neb Luis, President of Daou will participate in the call!!

It was announcement on Oct 30 that Treasury Wine Estates acquired Daou Vineyards for $900 million, plus an additional earn-out of up to $100 million.   There are lots of business aspects to interweave with the wine tasting to make this event different than the others.  

Event Details:

Thursday, November 16, 2023
5-6:30 PM 

$35 Members
$35 Partners

Registration closes November 7th at 3pm to ensure time to ship the wines to you. Please register early.