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A man and his mountain : the everyman who created Kendall-Jackson and became America's greatest wine entrepreneur / Edward Humes.

by Humes, Edward.

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New York : PublicAffairs, c2013.

Jackson, Jess Stonestreet, 1930-2011.

Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates (Firm) -- History.

Vintners -- California -- Biography.

Businessmen -- California -- Biography.

Wine and wine making -- California -- History.

9781610392853 (hardcover) :

161039285X (hardcover)

vii, 324 pages ; 25 cm

"A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist tells the story of the self-made billionaire who built the Kendall-Jackson empire from nothing into the biggest selling brand of premium wines in the U.S. Jess Stonestreet Jackson was one of a small band of pioneering entrepreneurs who put California's wine country on the map. His life story is a compelling slice of history, daring, innovation, feuds, intrigue, talent, mystique, contrarianism, and luck, offering a unique window on the elegant, adventurous, and cut-throat worlds of Jackson's two passions: wine and horseracing. Time after time his decisions would be ignored, derided, then finally envied and imitated, as whole industries watched him become a billionaire and tried to keep up. He reinvented himself at mid-life, and became founder and CEO of Kendall-Jackson. The empire he constructed endures and thrives even after his death in 2011. In A Man and His Mountain, Edward Humes brings us the no-holds barred tale of the brilliant, infuriating, successful man who seemed to win more than his share by staying far ahead of the pack"--

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