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B Cellars<br />

B Cellars<br />

The company released its first wines to market in January 2006; pro<strong>du</strong>ced<br />

in limited quantities, the business is scaling according to its long-term<br />

plan <strong>with</strong> pro<strong>du</strong>ction levels expected to top-out at 15,000 cases annually.<br />

B Cellars commenced operations at its new purpose-built winery in<br />

September 2014. Situated on the Oakville Cross Road—Oakville is<br />

considered Napa Valley’s epicenter of premium Cabernet. This landmark<br />

address puts the B Cellars brand in the company of many established<br />

names that have become synonymous <strong>with</strong> Napa’s most noteworthy<br />

addresses such as Far Niente, Nickel & Nickel, Opus One, Silver Oak<br />

Cellars, Groth, Rudd and Gargiulo to name a few.<br />

Duffy Keys<br />

Duffy is an accomplished executive whose 20+ years tenure <strong>with</strong> Four<br />

Seasons Hotels and Resorts provided him the platform to engage in<br />

a broad range of experiences and business development activities<br />

involving both the hotel management company and its branded<br />

residential business. During his time <strong>with</strong> the company, Four Seasons<br />

experienced explosive growth and successfully achieved a dominant<br />

position as the premiere global brand in the luxury-lodging category. In<br />

2003, together <strong>with</strong> his business partner, Jim Borsack, Duffy co-founded<br />

B Cellars Winery, a boutique California wine venture pro<strong>du</strong>cing some of<br />

Napa Valley’s finest wines.<br />

Duffy’s background brings together a powerful combination of skills<br />

that leverages the benefits of a disciplined corporate structure at Four<br />

Seasons together <strong>with</strong> the flexibility and creativity required of him as<br />

an entrepreneur. From his experience at Four Seasons to his Napa Valley<br />

wine business, he has embraced a business philosophy whose values are<br />

framed by the “Golden Rule.”<br />

He and his wife Judy enjoy the best of both worlds sharing time at their<br />

home in Rancho Santa Fe, California and in Saint Helena, a community<br />

close to their Oakville winery.<br />

www.bcellars.com<br />

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