This Sonoma Winemaker Bought Patz & Hall Back and Made It Great Again

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James Hall didn’t intend to buy back Patz & Hall, the Sonoma winery he cofounded in 1988, any more than he meant to sell it in the first place. When Patz & Hall was sold to Washington State’s Ste. Michelle Wine Estates in 2015, Hall stayed on as director of winemaking while his former business partner went on to establish Maritana Vineyards in Sonoma. Hall…