When the wildfires tore through Napa Valley on the night of October 8, 2017, Robin and Michelle Baggett did not wait. They cooked 30,000 meals for first responders during the crisis, donated tasting room sales to relief efforts and opened the door for their Wine Club members and supporters to help. By January 2018, the Alpha Omega Foundation had raised $100,000 and delivered every single dollar to the Napa Valley Community Foundation and the Rutherford Volunteer Fire Department. This is the story of a community that showed up for itself.
Alpha Omega has always believed that great wine deserves to be told as well as it is made. In December 2017, the winery took a significant step toward that belief by creating a brand new role and filling it with one of Napa Valley’s most respected marketing minds. Rhett Gadke spent 18 years helping build Bounty Hunter Rare Wines from a small catalog into a consumer-direct leader in fine and rare wine. Now he brings that same instinct for storytelling and brand building to the Rutherford Bench.
4,461 acres. One commitment. In December 2017, Robin and Michelle Baggett permanently protected Monticello Ranch on the shores of Lake Berryessa from development, completing one of the largest agricultural conservation easements in Napa County history. It is a story about land, legacy and leaving something behind worth more than anything money could build.
When PGA Tour players Chesson Hadley and Scott Brown decided to donate for every birdie and eagle at the 2017 Safeway Open in Napa, Robin and Michelle Baggett didn’t hesitate. Alpha Omega pledged 10% of all tasting room wine sales across the four-day tournament to Samaritan’s Purse, supporting communities devastated by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and Jose. Here is the story of how a chance visit to the winery turned into something much bigger.
Robin Baggett, vintner of Alpha Omega winery in Napa Valley and sister winery Tolosa in San Luis Obispo, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a significant interest in Perinet, an estate vineyard and modern, architecturally-designed winery in the prestigious Priorat DOQ region of Spain.
400 kilowatts of solar power. Saltwater batteries. A monthly PG&E bill cut by 93 percent. Alpha Omega didn’t just go green in 2016, it set a record doing it.
Every dollar raised at Auction Napa Valley stays right here in Napa, funding community health and children’s education. In 2016, Alpha Omega was proud to contribute $780,000 to that mission. Read the full story of an unforgettable weekend.
