One of the California wine industry's elder statesmen wine makers is a man who has gotten only scant recognition for what he has contributed to California's most popular white wine.

Miljenko (Mike) Grgich, who turned 85 on April 1, is the man who made the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that won the famed Paris Tasting of 1976.

You'd think that would have given him lifelong immortality, but the native of Croatia still makes a style of Chardonnay that isn't as popular as a newe ...

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