Entertaining blend secret to Coppola’s success
By David Robertson | 31 May 2002
Francis Ford Coppola, creator of Apocalypse Now and the Godfather films, has confounded the sceptics by building one of the most successful wine businesses in the Napa Valley. As Coppola eyes the European market, David Robertson visits the Niebaum- Coppola winery to find how.
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Francis Ford Coppola, creator of Apocalypse Now and the Godfather films, has confounded the sceptics by building one of the most successful wine businesses in the Napa Valley. As Coppola eyes the European market, David Robertson visits the Niebaum- Coppola winery to find how.

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