A native of Oberwesel, Germany, Anne Moller-Racke came to California in 1981 and became vineyard manager for Buena Vista Carneros Winery in 1983. She was named director of vineyard operations in 1988 and was promoted to vice president of vineyard operations in 1997. During that time, Anne worked intensively with some of the industry’s foremost authorities, including Andre Tchelistcheff, Dr. Phil Freese and Dr. Paul Skinner. She helped establish what is now the Carneros Wine Alliance and brought recognition to Carneros as an American Viticultural Area (AVA). Anne was instrumental in developing Buena Vista’s Carneros Estate, now the appellation’s largest vineyard, expanding the planted acreage from 540 in 1981 to 935 a decade later, and supplying fruit to premier producers like Acacia, Etude and Sterling. In the 1990s, she also replanted over 500 acres, carefully innovating viticultural practices and selecting rootstocks, clones, trellising and irrigation techniques for each vineyard block. When Allied Domecq purchased Buena Vista in 2001, the Racke family retained Tula Vista Ranch, now The Donum Estate. Today, Anne farms 70 acres of Donum Estate vines, 20 acres of the venerable Ferguson Block in Carneros, and the Nugent Vineyard, an 11-acre Russian River Valley estate she planted in the mid-1990s. The caretaker of vineyards she has farmed for decades, Anne brings a vast knowledge of the appellation and site to her role as wine grower for both Robert Stemmler Winery and its sister label, Donum. As president of The Donum Estate, Anne's management style inspires a committed team to work with the utmost pride and care on its "ultimate Pinot Noir" project.