Sonoma Magazine: When Vintage Wine Estates Collapsed, Paula Kornell Paved Her Own Path

After Vintage Wine Estates filed for bankruptcy last year, Paula Kornell and some 30 other wine and spirits brands were left unprepared and facing the auction block.

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ABOUT PAULA KORNELL SPARKLING WINES

Paula Kornell Sparkling Wine is the namesake brand of one of Napa Valley’s leading women in wine, who has lived and breathed this premier wine-growing region all her life. With a portfolio of sparkling wines that draw on California’s past while attracting contemporary lovers of Champagne and bubbles, Paula builds on the legacy of her family’s winery, Hanns Kornell Champagne Cellars, a pioneer of méthode champenoise in Napa Valley.

Paula Kornell Sparkling Wine crafts wines that are stylish, sophisticated and engaging, and—importantly for Paula—food-friendly. Designed to be enjoyed with friends and family, raise a toast to California’s history and the rich pleasure of Paula Kornell Sparkling Wine.