Chuck Wagner’s great-grandfather Lafayette Stice “was working at what is now Cade Winery on Howell Mountain in 1900,” according to Wagner’s business — the Caymus Vineyards — website.

Lorna Belle Glos Wagner, the strong family matriarch who worked behind the scenes as she, her husband Charlie Wagner, and their son Chuck founded Caymus Vineyards and helped put Napa Cabernet on the ...