Dirty Talk on WineIt's supposed to look like that.Posted 01/17/2008 at 03:00 PM by Dirk
We just found some of the original studies from 1980 when Gil was setting about restoring the beautiful stone winery. Ron Nunn was the architect. (Later on, Ron would design the Far Niente "Carriage House" as well as the villa Gil and Beth called home.)
Rossi had these architectural gems framed so all of us can enjoy them. I hope you enjoy them and agree that Far Niente's cuploa "is supposed to look like that."
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Dirk Hampson
Few winemakers realize the opportunity to build a winemaking program from the ground up, living and growing with the vineyards over two decades. Dirk
Hampson, director of winemaking and chairman at Far Niente, and sister wineries Dolce and Nickel & Nickel, counts himself among the fortunate. An
enology graduate from the University of California, Davis, Hampson honed his craft at some of Europe's greatest properties, and was the first American to apprentice at Bordeaux First Growth Chateau Mouton Rothschild. Hampson returned to the US and was appointed winemaker at Far Niente in 1983.
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When I look at Far Niente, I think "it's supposed to look like that." After all, it does look like "that." (Logical, eh?) 
We tend to gush when we talk about Ron. (We use words like: nice, fun, stylish, likes food, rides a motorcycle, and sports a great tan.) He is all of those and a great architect!
The studies were done on transparent sheets. This was in the day of pencil and paper. Computer drawings hadn't arrived. There is a wonderful, dare I say artistic, feel to each of these studies. Each is a different interpretation for 
replacing the original cupola that was lost during the 60 years that Far Niente lay abandoned.
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