Greg Popovich

Greg Popovich
EducationMaster of Business Administration
Alma materPepperdine University
OccupationBusiness executive
WebsiteCastleRockWinery.com

Greg Popovich is an American business executive in the wine industry. He is the founder and owner of Castle Rock Winery.

Career

Popovich began his career in the wine business working at Lost Hills (Acampo/Lodi). He also worked for La Crema (Sonoma), which had purchased Lost Hills.

Popovich moved on to the staff of Winterbrook (Sierra Nevada Foothills) where he worked as a marketing executive before forming Castle Rock Winery in 1994. He founded Castle Rock under a business model that would allow him to run the business from the South Bay of Los Angeles.

As of 2019, the winery produced over 360,000 annual cases and was one of the 50 largest wine companies out of more than 10,000 wineries in the United States.

Background

Popovich grew up in Redondo Beach, California graduated from South Torrance High School where he was a 4 year Letterman in Varsity Tennis. He holds AA degree in the Administration of Justice from El Camino College and graduated the police academy as a level one police officer. Popovich also has an MBA from Pepperdine University.

He currently resides in Rolling Hills, California with his wife Adriana and three children.

See also

References

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  3. ↑ "Domestic Selection: Sauvignon Blanc, 1991. Winterbrook" Wine of the Month Club. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
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  5. ↑ "The Chronicle Recommends: Pinot Noir $20 and less" San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Instant vintners" San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
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  8. ↑ "Disintermediation: How Many People Did It Take to Make Your Wine?" Wine Economist. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
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  10. ↑ "50 Winery Profiles" Wine Business Monthly. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  11. ↑ Foss, Richard (April 30, 2012). "Castle Rock Winery Partners - Popovich has completed 13 Marathons, was a competitive cyclist. He is also a black belt in Kempo karate. – A remote peninsula winery". Easy Reader News. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Love in a Bottle: A Redondo Wine Bar Moonlights as Romantic Matchmaker" South Bay. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Castle Rock Releases New "Dressage" Pinot Noir" Wine Business. Retrieved December 13, 2019.