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Northwest transplant is making beautiful Bordeaux – Seattle Times

LOU KAPCSANDY built a successful career in construction in the Puget Sound area, but his heart belongs to wine. In the late 1990s he started an import business, focusing on Bordeaux. As often happens, one thing led to another, and in May 2000 the classic “too good to be true” opportunity came his way, and he purchased one of Napa Valley’s most historic vineyards, State Lane.

For some 25 years the fruit from this site had gone to Beringer. As early as 1979 and 1980 Beringer’s Private Reserves were 100 percent State Lane cabernet sauvignon. But when Beringer’s lease on the grapes expired, Kapcsandy (the c is silent) seized the opportunity and bought the vineyard.

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