Backen, the co-founding partner of California-based firm Backen and Backen - Architecture | Lifestyle | Wellbeing, designed more than 60 wineries in his lifetime, and his pared-back, nature-inspired ...

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If there was one architect who came to define the contemporary California Wine Country look of rustic elegance, it was Howard Backen. Backen died July 22 in Napa Valley, where he established his firm ...

There is no obvious link between Futo winery above Napa Valley and the city block that houses the Delancey Street Foundation in San Francisco. One makes Cabernet that sells for $200 a bottle; the ...

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