Editing Francis Ford Coppola (section)

====Inglenook Winery====
Coppola, with his family, expanded his business ventures to include winemaking in California's [[Napa Valley AVA|Napa Valley]], when in 1975, he purchased the former home and adjoining vineyard of [[Gustave Niebaum]] in [[Rutherford, California]] using proceeds from ''[[The Godfather]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hamlin |first=Suzanne |title=A Director's Vision for Celebrating Food, Wine and Film |work=The New York Times |location=Rutherford, CA |date=July 10, 1996 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E3DB1139F933A25754C0A960958260 |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-date=February 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210104019/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/10/garden/a-director-s-vision-for-celebrating-food-wine-and-film.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His winery produced its first vintage in 1977 with the help of his father, wife, and children stomping the grapes barefoot. Every year, the family has a harvest party to continue the tradition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.novusvinum.com/interviews/coppola.html |title=Francis Ford Coppola Winemaker and Sommelier Interviews |access-date=November 30, 2010 |publisher=Novus Vinum |date=September 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511121625/http://www.novusvinum.com/interviews/coppola.html |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After purchasing the property, he produced wine under the Niebaum-Coppola label. He purchased the former [[Inglenook Winery]] chateau in 1995,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2013/06/17/qa-francis-ford-coppola-talks-about-his-passion-for-wine/ |title=Q&A: Francis Ford Coppola Explains His Passion For Wine |magazine=Forbes |date=June 17, 2013 |access-date=May 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514184821/http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2013/06/17/qa-francis-ford-coppola-talks-about-his-passion-for-wine/ |archive-date=May 14, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> and renamed it to [[Rubicon Estate Winery]] in 2006. On April 11, 2011, Coppola acquired the Inglenook [[trademark]]<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Wine Spectator |access-date=December 5, 2011 |url=http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/44791 |title=Coppola Reunites Inglenook Name with Its Vineyards |first=James |last=Laube |date=April 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210181541/http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/44791 |archive-date=December 10, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> paying more, he said, for the trademark than he did for the entire estate<ref>{{cite web |last=Lechmere |first=Adam |url=http://www.decanter.com/news/wine-news/527661/francis-ford-coppola-to-return-inglenook-to-lower-alcohol |title=Francis Ford Coppola to return Inglenook to 'lower alcohol' |work=[[Decanter (magazine)|Decanter]] |date=June 2, 2011 |access-date=May 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604004237/http://www.decanter.com/news/wine-news/527661/francis-ford-coppola-to-return-inglenook-to-lower-alcohol |archive-date=June 4, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and announced that the estate would once again be known by its historic original name, Inglenook. Its grapes are entirely organically grown.