I caught up recently with Robert Craig and his wife Lynn while they were in Tucson.  Bob has been producing small lot hillside and mountain wines for over thirty years.  You’ll have an opportunity to meet them and of course taste their wines during the Tucson Culinary Festival (www.tucsonculinaryfestival.com)  this year at the Grand and Reserve Tasting.  You’ll never meet a more humble and kind man.  Check out his website at www.robertcraigwine.com.

In the 1960’s, Bob enrolled in the Coast Guard and later attended business school at the University of Chicago.  After spending some time in real estate, Bob developed over 300 acres in a vineyard partnership at Mt. Veeder, later selling it to Hess where he worked at the GM for ten years.

But it was in 1992 that Bob had the opportunity, along with three friends, to launch his own winery, focusing upon the production of small lot Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley mountain and hillside locations. His first Cab was produced in 1992, with the first vintage of Affinity Howell Mountain and Mt. Veeder in 1993.  When these wines were debuted publically in 1995, Robert Craig was designated as a hot new winery by the Wine Spectator.  Since that time, Bob has never looked back, continuing to produce outstanding Cabs and a Howell Mountain Zinfandel.