Company Bios
Introducing the people behind the wine.
Owsley Brown III, President
Owsley began working in the wine industry in 1993 at Napa Valley's Mayacamas Vineyards and two years later co-founded Chameleon Cellars, a Napa Valley boutique label. In 2000 he was introduced to Biodynamic winegrowing at Mendocino's Bonterra Ranch while working for the Brown-Forman Wine Estates Group. This experience cultivated Owsley's great passion for Biodynamic wines and later inspired him to launch Magnanimus Wine Group, a company dedicated to producing authentic and distinct wines that reflect not only a sense of place, but also the highest standards of quality and environmental stewardship.
Paolo Caciorgna, Consulting Enologist
Paolo Caciorgna hails from San Gimignano, Italy, the medieval Tuscan town made famous for Vernaccia, one of the country’s oldest white grape varietals. After studying viticulture and enology in Siena, Paolo has emerged on the Italian scene as a winemaking luminary, consulting for over 25 Italian wineries and winning numerous accolades for wines like Cesani’s San Giovese Luenzo and Chianti Clasico Riserva ‘Le Fonti.’ A decade-long friendship and partnership was born when Owsley spent a year in Tuscany studying under Paolo. Magnanimus Wine Group is thoroughly blessed as the only American winery touched by Paolo’s graces.
