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"I learned that John Shafer, founder of Shafer Vineyards, has died at 94; he moved to Napa in 1972 and became a pioneer of the Stags Leap District, and his Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select became one of the region's best-known Cabernet Sauvignons, while his son Doug has served as president since 1994 and John focused on philanthropy over the last two decades." - Caleb Pershan