American business executive
Greg Popovich is an American business executive in the wine industry.[1] He is the founder and owner of Castle Rock Winery.[2]
Career
Popovich began his career in the wine business working at Lost Hills (Acampo/Lodi). He also worked for La Crema (Sonoma), which had purchased Lost Hills.
Popovich moved on to the staff of Winterbrook (Sierra Nevada Foothills) where he worked as a marketing executive[3][4] before forming Castle Rock Winery in 1994.[5] He founded Castle Rock under a business model that would allow him to run the business from the South Bay of Los Angeles.[6][7][8]
As of 2019, the winery produced over 360,000 annual cases and was one of the 50 largest wine companies out of more than 10,000 wineries in the United States.[9][10]
Background
Popovich grew up in Redondo Beach, California graduated from South Torrance High School where he was a 4 year Letterman in Varsity Tennis. He holds AA degree in the Administration of Justice from El Camino College and graduated the police academy as a level one police officer. Popovich also has an MBA from Pepperdine University.[11]
He currently resides in Rolling Hills, California with his wife Adriana and three children.[12][13]
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