In some ways, it's the typical American winemaker success story.  The family started making their own wine in the basement.  The second son continued the tradition.  He eventually built a nice business out of the family hobby. Happens all the time.  But this particular story took a detour when the second son temporarily focused on another passion and did pretty well with it.  He won six Academy Awards. Francis Ford Coppola is a film-making legend.  Now semi-retired, Coppola has two wineries, one in Napa and another, which we visited,...

 For Portlandia-types such as us, Disneyland is a very popular spring break destination. So that’s where we’re going for our spring break. Our version of Disneyland. The Disneyland for wine drinkers, located just a little north of Anaheim. We’re going to California wine country. In years past, we paid our Disneyland dues. Waited in line to park. Waited in line to ride the rides. Waited in line to buy Mickey ears.   Waited in line to catch the shuttle back to the parking lot where we waited in line to leave. As appealing as...