Crescini Wines

Owners: Paule and Richard Crescini Winemaker: Richard Crescini

From the Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrower Associationwebsite: After almost 20 years in the business, Crescini wines ceased operations at the end of 2000. While her husband, Richard, tended to the wine-making chores, Paule kept the books, filed the federal and state forms and was involved in the bottling operation. She was on hand for wine-tasting events, and even though she was working part-time, managed to service 80 wholesale accounts.Crescini lost 40 percent of its wine in the 1989 earthquake. Shortly after Paule went to work full time as director of radiology at the Santa Cruz Medical Clinic. When it became apparent there would be no one to carry on the winery operation, Paule and Richard decided not to continue.