Ed Sbragia was surprised to read late last year in Wine Spectator magazine that the 2001 harvest "may be his last" at Beringer Vineyards and that "he may be ready to strike out on his own." Sbragia, ...

Martin DiSalvo, left, Tom Collins (on ladder) and Beringer Vineyards enologist Roger Harrison fill the world's largest wine bottle with 2001 Beringer Private Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.

There are big doin's at Napa Valley's Beringer Winery. So says Ed Sbragia, a bear of a man, and he ought to know. A Napa Valley native, he's been Beringer's main winemaker since 1984. Beringer ...