Ray Hanson

Ray Hanson

INTRIGUING JACK OF MANY TRADES Ray Hanson doesn’t retire well. The firefighter tried in 2009, but he soon was busy again. Fortunately, he had 650 Cabernet Sauvignon vines growing in his acre lot in Coombsville that had been sold to Caymus Vineyards, so he started...
Lowell Downey & Janna Waldinger

Lowell Downey & Janna Waldinger

Intriguing Photographers Art & Clarity Celebrates 25 years of creating the extraordinary in Napa “Most of us pick up a camera, click the shutter, and have a snapshot. Lowell Downey and Janna Waldinger, click the shutter, and weave magic”, wrote Jim Brumm, local...
Scott Goldie

Scott Goldie

Intriguing Investor in the Community Scott Goldie, the president of the Napa Valley Wine Train, has so much happening at work that it’s a challenge to learn more about him personally. The train is a natural for Goldie, whose grandfather was a railroad engineer, but he...
Bettina Rouas of Angele

Bettina Rouas of Angele

Intriguing Restauranteur Being born into her family, Bettina Rouas was almost predestined to own a restaurant like Angèle. She was born and raised in San Francisco, where her father Claude Rouas owned famed L’Etoile, and her uncle owned equally renowned Fleur de Lys....
Paul Lange

Paul Lange

Intriguing Storyteller Napa Valley is filled with performers, broadcasters, showmen, hucksters, and barkers. Some have even mastered the fine art of storytelling. A few of those have honed the most compelling skill a storyteller can acquire; the ability to know when...