A Selection from Donum Estate's Extensive Portfolio

A chardonnay, three pinot noirs, a rosé.

The Donum Estate originated in 2001, when Allan and Mei Warburg purchased 170 acres in Carneros that had belonged to the venerable Buena Vista Winery. Anne Moller-Racke, whose family business had sold Buena Vista Winery to Allied Domecq, stayed on as president and “winegrower” — a term I place within quotation marks because it makes no sense: Vines grow; wine is made. After developing the estate and its vineyards and overseeing the construction of the winery facility, Moller-Racke left Donum Estate in 2019 to focus on her own property, Blue Farm.