Food Production - Napa, California, United States
Three friends, a passion for wine and a love of working and creating together fueled the ultimate development and launch of KaDieM Cellars. As with most passionate and creative endeavors, KaDieM has been a project requiring ultimate patience, perseverance, dedicated commitment, continual learning and overwhelmingly satisfying results. KaDieM Cellars continues to be a labor of passion fueled by friendship, lots of hard work and ultimately a product that we are all so proud to be able to share with you.Our company, KaDieM is the phonetic spelling of our first letter of each of our first names and is pronounced KDM. Our logo, three wine glasses entwined, is a symbol of our friendship, the celebration of our families and a toast to our passionate endeavor to create remarkable wines from the Napa Valley. "K" is for Karen. Originally from Charleston, South Carolina, Karen has called the Napa Valley since 1996. After graduating from College of Charleston she has been in sales for Mars, Ben & Jerry's,and before our venture Karen was VP of Sales for the Mondavi family and Francis Ford Coppola. "D" is for Danna. Born and raised in the Midwest, With degrees in Economics and Marketing and a background in business management, Danna has led the Marketing and Public Relations efforts for two Napa Valley and is overseeing the business operations, marketing and PR efforts for KaDieM. "M" is Michael. Michael grew up farming on his family's ranch in Colorado. He worked his first college summer for food and lodging in the vineyards of Napa and never left. As winemaker his skills and style make award winning KaDieM. Michael's style was also shown in a previous brand that he owned, Karl Lawrence.