Francis Ford Coppola Winery is a place for families to enjoy and judges to feast At his eponymous winery in Geyserville (the site of the former Chateau Souverain), Coppola creates a beautiful space for families to enjoy what he deems the finest things in life — food, wine and each other. To that, he adds swimming pools, a bocce court and a music ve

The aroma of fermented grapes is heady in the air, slapping senses awake with its pungency. Inside the cavernous building, volunteers bustle about, rolling carts full of sparking glasses, each with a sip’s worth of wine inside. Behind the drapes, judges dressed in white lab coats with wine-stained lips hover over Merlots and Pinots, Rieslings and C