Jeff Gargiulo

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The Pied Piper of Napa Valley

For David Pack, legendary musician, Ambrosia lead singer and Grammy award winning record producer, his latest project, Napa Crossroads, is one he’s been dreaming of for 30 years.  That’s when he first started visiting wine country.  He calls Napa “my secret place, my magic spot, heaven on earth.”  The wine bug bit David, and he says “I was one of those geeky guys who would boil off the wine label and put them in a book with tasting notes.”  He learned as much as he could about grape growing and making wine, reading books and talking to everyone he knew.  David still has those wine journals. A fortuitous meeting with Jeff Gargiulo, owner of Gargiulo Vineyards in Oakville started David’s journey to producing Crossroads.  He was performing at the winery’s harvest party in 2005, where David Duncan, CEO of Silver Oak Cellars also happened to perform with some other local…

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