Chronological Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Grgich Hills Cellar (California)
label: Collection Creator
content: Grgich, Mike (Miljenko)
label: Collection Creator
content: Chateau Montelena (California)
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content: Mike Grgich Papers
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content: Mike Grgich Papers / Series 2: Chateau Montelena
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
label: Date
content: 1972-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0923, Subseries 2.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: These files include correspondence and drafts of employment and partnership agreements, including revisions in response to inflation pressures.   Budgets and other financial records document the initial financial difficulties of the business.  Monthly lists of checks written include payroll information and give a detailed picture of the construction and operation of the winery.  Relationships with growers supplying grapes to Chateau Montelena are documented in lists of purchases, correspondence, and notes.  
This subseries includes materials created and gathered for periodic meetings of the active partners at Chateau Montelena -- Barrett, Passich, and Grgich – with other employees.  There are agendas, information gathered for discussion, and Grgich's hand-written notes on items discussed and follow-up tasks to be accomplished.  There seem to be no minutes of the meetings.  

Beginning in 1975, with Chateau Montelena's wine production underway, the files also include information on publicity, marketing, and sales efforts.  Grgich himself began to make appearances at wine events, and letters of thanks document his role as host at winery tours and tastings.