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Suzanne has been quoted in the news stating a belief in miracles—and she has good reason. We’re back with one of our favorite Napa winery couples. Last week, we revisited a 2019 interview with Shane Pavitt and Suzanne Phifer-Pavitt of Phifer Pavitt Winery. Since the Napa fires, their family is fine, their winery is safe, but their home is damaged. They’ve also lost a vineyard of cabernet sauvignon--but two weeks before, it had given them the first harvest. Wine Spectator magazine reports that first harvest was 10 years in the making. They got the grapes, and we hope they get to make a wine that has a story. These two are an inspirational pairing...
We are revisiting these two winemakers because they’re an inspirational pairing. Shane Pavitt and Suzanne Phifer-Pavitt moved to Calistoga with some serious business chops and a fondness for libations. Their Phifer Pavitt Winery makes the nationally famous and hard to get Date Night wines. As CFO, Shane had to come to grips with the idea of pouring capital into a business with no product to sell for years. He was also influential in one of the brand’s most important marketing decisions--proving you never know where the brand thinking is going to come from. Unfortunately, as we are presenting this, fire is ravaging Napa Valley. At last word, Shane and Suzanne’s home had sustained significant fire damage, they’d lost their Estate Vineyard, but their winery was still intact. Our hearts are with Shane and Suzanne during this, and we’re keeping our fingers crossed for them.
A conversation with Suzanne Phifer Pavitt and Peggy Noe Stevens. Suzanne owns a premium boutique wine brand in the Napa Valley and recently released her first batch of bourbon. Peggy is the World's first female Master Bourbon Taster, founder of Bourbon Women and a woman whose family is rich in bourbon history. Her cousins are Fred and Booker Noe of Jim Beam. Find out why Suzanne decided to get in the bourbon business and what Peggy thinks about this Tennessee whiskey bourbon...and, so much more.
Suzanne Phifer Pavitt is the Proprietor of Phifer Pavitt Wines. Find out how this biscuit making southerner developed a passion for wine and landed in the Napa Valley. Learn how she uses wine to make an ordinary meal extraordinary. Discover which women in the wine industry inspire her. Find out what extra-special tiny production products she produces and how you can get your hands on them.
We are back in Calistoga, continuing our conversation with Shane and Suzanne of Phifer Pavitt Wine. These two are an uber couple. Serious business chops, a deep dedication to business and family, and some important insights for anyone looking to go CoupleCo. If you’re looking to go into business with a spouse, their advice is short, sweet and serious. Join us as we talk couples in business with the purveyors of world-famous Date Night wines.
This Calistoga couple is an inspiration for any CoupleCo—or anyone in the corporate world who thinks, Hey, maybe I should start a winery. Or both. We’re talking with the purveyors of world-famous Date Night wines, Shane Pavitt and Suzanne Phifer-Pavitt of Phifer Pavitt Wine. They are a solid pairing, coming to Napa with serious business chops and a love of libations. Additionally, Suzanne is a motivational business woman. She likes being out front and leading the charge. She also enjoys mentoring women trying to make it in the wine business—something that she found nonexistent when working in high-tech. As Phifer Pavitt’s CFO, Shane had to learn to come to grips with the idea of pouring capital into a business without having a product to sell for years. He was also influential in one of the brand’s most important marketing decisions, proving you never know where the brand thinking is going to come from.