布鲁斯·科恩（Bruce Cohn

去年夏天，布莱恩·惠勒（Brian Wheeler）和他的家人想离开他们的家和旧金山的“小院子”，将自己沉浸在trestle Glen Vineyard的Mayacamas Mountains的景色中，靠近索诺玛谷地区公园。

A year-and-a-half later, the Wheelers own that vineyard and the wine label associated with it, which they bought from longtime Glen Ellen resident Bruce Cohn, the founder of BR Cohn Winery. Cohn held on to Trestle Glen after selling his namesake winery to Vintage Wine Estates in 2015.

惠勒说：“我没有意识到这是出售的，但是我走近他，我说，‘嘿，布鲁斯。看，如果您不觉得这个问题，而您却不住在这里，您会想到什么长期租赁？”

1970年代摇滚乐队Doobie Brothers的长期经理Cohn同意了这笔交易。但是他警告惠勒，房子在市场上。如果他找到了买家，惠勒和他的家人将不得不离开。

他说，惠勒一开始并不担心。他认为自己已经用长期租赁购买了一些时间，因此他可以在未来几年收集对该物业提出要约所需的资金。

惠勒说：“那是最初的计划。”“我开始看到人们（潜在的买家）在我们呆在那里的时候第二和第三次回来。我们要去，‘废话，我们不会得到它。’”

科恩正在起草自己的未来计划。

“当我开始时，纳帕和索诺玛有35家酿酒厂，现在有成千上万的酿酒厂。多年来，在全国范围内为您的葡萄酒分配变得越来越困难。”科恩说。“如果您很幸运能够出售所有的葡萄酒，那么利润就不会那么好。”

His history in Sonoma Valley begins in 1974 with the founding of Volatile Vineyards. A decade later he founded BR Cohn Winery, which went on to be a national wine brand, selling 85,000 cases per year in 46 states, Cohn said.

但是，随着公司被公司收购的酿酒厂，较大的葡萄酒集团与许多零售商相比私有酿酒厂的先例。妈妈和葡萄园被公司瓶收购。科恩说，每年都有一年的注意力变得更加困难。

科恩说：“这些是大型企业集团，因为家庭经营酿酒厂很困难。”“他们现在都归公司所有。”

当科恩希望将自己心爱的葡萄园出售给私人所有者或家人时，惠勒正在与父亲一起组织该物业。惠勒的父亲迈克（Mike）在最初的六周假期中也留在了托尔·格伦（Trestle Glen）。父亲和儿子都认识到他们面前的难得机会。

“My dad said, ‘We can’t let somebody else get it,’” Wheeler said. “This is just too awesome, we have to do it.’”

They decided to split the $5 million price tag, and entered their bid. Cohn chose their offer, making the vineyard deal official2020年10月15日。该物业包括一个3,175平方英尺的主要住宅，设有4间卧室和2.5个浴室，以及一个3,400平方英尺的改建的乳制品谷仓，配有3个套装卧室和一个多车库。

“ 2018年的租金收入总计约120,000美元，而没有纳入公寓或其他附属建筑”。营销材料说。“葡萄园每年从水果销售到BR Cohn酿酒厂每年产生约100,000美元的总收入。”

But the Wheelers are not vineyard managers nor winemakers. They plan to allow Cohn to continue to run his wine business.

“我们只是租赁土地,他将会继续e to run it and then we would eventually take over the wine business from him,” Wheeler said. “But then he just decided that he was ready to retire... I guess we’re doing this a little quicker than anticipated.”

Trestle Glen Vineyard is known for its cabernet, merlot and zinfandels varietals, fueled by its microclimate and a hot spring located beneath the ground. The first vintage that Cohn grew in the Glen Ellen vineyard scored 96 and 97 points, he said.

“我在'17，‘18和'19中做了三个年份。我只是决定，你知道吗？我不想再努力了，”科恩说。“对于一个在一周内满75岁的家伙来说，这太多了。”

惠勒回到科恩，并提出购买葡萄园的葡萄酒标签，科恩同意“因为它应该留在葡萄园里。”该销售本月最终确定了未公开的金额。

不仅是这个葡萄园的标签。一个家庭也是一个家庭，即使是一个不同的名字，在索诺玛山谷中变得越来越罕见。

“I really enjoyed doing winemaker dinners and events at the winery. My four kids all worked there, and it was a real family winery,” Cohn said. “It was a good way of life. It wasn't economically the greatest thing, but we had 45 years there.”

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