Patty-Bogle
Patty-Bogle
(Image credit: Patty-Bogle)

Winemaker and owner of Bogle Vineyards Patty Bogle Roncoroni has died from leukemia.

Picture: Patty Bogle, http://www.boglewinery.com

The 59-year old had been involved with growing grapes since first visiting her future spouse’s Clarksburg California family ranch in the early 1970s.

Following the death of first husband Chris Bogle in 1997, she was instrumental in transforming Bogle into a major US brand, which now has international sales exceeding 12m bottles a year.

Jody Bogle VanDePol, Bogle’s daughter and Bogle Winery International sales manager, said ‘Patty loved to travel and loved that she was in an industry that allowed her to meet wonderful people, see the world, and taste great wine.’

Bogle is the largest winery in the Clarksburg AVA, which extends across three counties of the Sacramento Delta and has ten wineries within it.

Written by David Furer

David Furer
David Furer
Decanter Magazine, Wine Writer & Sommelier

David Furer is a Californian wine writer, educator, consultant and speaker, who has worked for over 20 years in the wine trade. He has appeared in publications such as Decanter, Wine Business Monthly in the US and SommelierS Int’l in France. He formerly served on the Circle of Wine Writers’ executive committee and is a sommelier with accreditation from the Court of Master Sommeliers. In his book, Wine Places, he collaborates with photographer Charles O’Rear to capture some of the world’s vineyards, wineries and winemakers.