Francis Ford Coppola Winery in Geyserville. Its sister winery, Coppola Too, was recently shuttered by owner Delicato Family Wines. [Shutterstock]
Francis Ford Coppola Winery is the latest notable local wine producer to downsize operations. The brand, owned by Delicato Family Wines since 2021, closed its Francis Ford Coppola Winery Too production facility in Geyserville, effective May 15, letting go 15 wine-production employees. The closure and layoffs were first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle.
Production will be moved from the Chianti Road facility to the original Francis Ford Coppola Winery on Via Archimedes, according to the Chronicle.
The Coppola Too location was formerly the Virginia Dare Winery, and before that the home of Geyser Peak Winery. Coppola purchased Virginia Dare in 2014.
Following the sale of his namesake brand, Coppola retained an equity stake in Delicato, which produces such well-known market labels as Gnarly Head and Noble Vines, among others. Coppola reportedly borrowed $200 million against his stake to fund his cinematic passion project Megalopolis, the 2024 sci-fi epic which struggled to find an audience and reportedly lost north of $110 million.
