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The Mara Story

The Mara Wine Group is a company founded by Charles and Helen Mara, in an effort to better facilitate the production and marketing of their handcrafted artisan wines and also wines produced by their closest friends from within the wine industry.
The philosophy at The Mara Wine Group is to offer a comprehensive program from winemaking to branding to sales/marketing and distribution. Experience in the wine industry and resources available from veritcally integrated, vineyard to winery facilities, along with winemaking expertise and distribution networks, gives The Mara Wine Group an unparalleled position unlike any other within the industry.

Charles F. Mara

A nationally recognized wine judge, winery producer/owner and wine merchant, Charles F. Mara is a force within the wine industry. Having traveled to many of the world's most prestigious wine regions, he is a well respected and knowledgeable wine guru who brings to table a love of wine. Wine judge for numerous prestigious wine tastings, as well as serving on several wine tasting panels, Professor of Oenology and member of the Society of Wine Educators, he has also appeared on local TV and Radio shows, was appointed as the Consumer Representative by the Governor of New York to the State Wine Grape Marketing Order Advisory Board, and has been a "Tastemaster" for monthly wine tasting events designed to increase wine awareness and appreciation by consumers. His knowledge has also led him to be a consultant to many restaurateurs and retailers.
Opus One by Charles Mara Charles is also noticed, not once but twice, in the Guinness Book of World Records. One listing is "most paid for a single bottle of wine," - an 1806 Lafite-Rothschild for $28,000 (1978) - and the other is "most paid for a bottle case of American wine" - 1979 Opus I for $24,000 (1981).
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