Family, friends, wine…

Peter Baedeker with the Dierbergs and Tyler Thomas (winemaker) in the caves at Star Lane Vineyard in Santa Barbara
Peter Baedeker at dinner in New York with Alain Dominque Perrin, former chairman of the Richemont Group and inventor of the Cartier brand. Peter understood after this dinner why entrepreneur is a French term,
Peter Baedeker tasting through the lineup at the Rothschild's Domain d'Baron Arques in Limoux, France. Working on importation contracts and agreements.
With the family in front of Tulane
At ProWein in 2015 with friend Rocío Muñoz Marín, Export Director for Familia Martinez Zabala.
Proud pappa: Peter Baedeker holding up Faire la Fete Brut and Rose in Limoux, France
Peter Baedeker's morning commute in rental car trying to make a meeting with a supplier, but stalled by harvest work
Peter Baedeker with 13th generation winemaker and owner of Grans-Fassian in the Mosel, Germany at their Trittenheimer vineyard
The kids and friends at Domaine d'Auriac in Limoux, France
Peter Baedeker stands behind a counter inside a wine section at a major grocery store with bottles of chilled sparkling wine ready to pour for customers.
Peter Baedeker addresses a crowd with a toast during a special wine dinner at the Ritz Carlton Bacara Resort in Santa Barbara.
Peter is dressed in a coat and tie and his wife in a gown as they stand in the cellar at Star Lane Vineyard, rows of barrels behind them.

Top to bottom, left to right: 2022 in the Star Lane Vineyard caves with Mike and Ellen Dierberg and Tyler Thomas; 2015 dinner with Alain Dominique Perrin in New York. Alain was the founder of the Cartier brand and owns Chateau Lagrezette; 2017 tasting selections to import at the Rothschild’s Domaine d’Baron Arques in Limoux, France; 2016 with the family at Tulane University; 2015 with my friend Rocío, export director for Familia Martínez Zabala in Spain; 2018 proud pappa holding up bottles of Faire la Fête in Limoux with the medieval tower behind me; 2014 traffic jam in Limoux viewed from my rental car as we rushed to a meeting to try and finish the first release of Faire la Fête; 2018 with 13th generation owner and winemaker Caterina Grans in the Mosel, Germany; 2016 the kids and friends at Domaine d’Auriac near Carcassone, France; 2016 launching Faire la Fête in U.S. chains with product demos in Albertsons stores; Toasting a crowd in 2023 for a special Dierberg wine dinner at The Ritz Carlton Bacara Resort; 2024 with my wife Erica Baedeker in the cellar at Star Lane Vineyard.