Wines Produced by Columbus State (CTI) Graduate
Bill and Roxanne Wolf of Napa Valley, are growers of world class red wine grapes and Italian varietal olives for oil. They are also Wine Institute Educational Trust trained wine tasters, wine grape and olive growers, artist, culinary professional and owners of the Eagle Eye wine brand and AlphaWOLF Vineyard & Olive Ranch. The Eagle Eye brand was created to make small quantities of high quality wine from the Napa Valley that are unique blends, fruit forward, approachable young, affordable and age worthy.
Artist Roxanne Wolf designs all of the labels for the Eagle Eye Wine and Alpha Wolf olive oil lines. Her use of bright colors and her trademark of eagle heads on human bodies led to the development of the Eagle Eye wine brand.
Bill worked for more than 30 years in the food service industry after graduating from Columbus Technical Institute (C.T.I.) in 1971. In 1987, Columbus Technical Institute was re-charterd Columbus State Community College when the College added the Arts and Sciences Division and transfer program. Bill progressed to Vice President of operations of ARAmark Corp. by the time he left the business in 1996.
"My father taught me organic farming as a youngster in a small community outside of Pittsburgh, and my training from Columbus Technical Institute helped me in a successful start in the food industry,” says Wolf. “My passion for food and wine and my desire to grow lead me to my dream of growing grapes and olives and making them into wine and oil. In 1999 we purchased our ranch and have been working on our dreams to come true ever since."
Bill and Roxanne call their 13 acre ranch AlphaWOLF Vineyard & Olive Ranch where they grow Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. Their first release of AlphaWOLF Estate wine will be in a few years in limited editions. The AlphaWOLF Estate Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Unfiltered) was released in February 2006 with a production of 48 cases of oil. It has been certified "Extra Virgin" by the California Olive Oil Council and bears the seal, and it was recently honored with a 2007 Gold Medal at the Los Angles International Competition.
Visit Eagle Eye Wine at eagleeyewine.com.
