Pinot Noir and Chardonnay IV: Three Sticks Wines

Three Sticks Wines was founded by Bill Price III -- get it? his surfer handle was Billy Three Sticks -- who also owns one of California's best-known vineyards, Durell Vineyard, which he purchased in 1998. He co-founded the private equity firm Texas Pacific Group in 1992 and sold his share back to the company in 2007, and that, friends, is a lesson in ho…