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  • Lafayette Stice 1890

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    1890

    Lafayette Stice

    (Jeff’s Great, Great Grandfather)

    Born: 1860 Napa, CA

    Passed: 1937 St. Helena, CA

    Wife: Sarah Isabelle Turner

    Born: 1859

    Passed: 1941

    • 1890’s winemaker Brun & Chaix winery on Howell Mountain.(currently Cade 13th.)
    • 1900’s winemaker at Gustave Niebaum’s Inglenook Vineyards in Rutherford.
    • Winemaker at Henry Harris Winery in Rutherford.(currently Martin Estate)
    • 1915 won 19 medals at the Panama-Pacific international exposition in San Francisco, more than any other CA winery, (while at Inglenook)
    • Managed To Kalon vineyard in Oakville in the years prior to prohibition.
    • 1919 leased Sutter Home Winery before the 18th. Amendment deadline of January, 1920.  This was an attempt to get one last crush in prior to prohibition.
    • 1921 purchased 90 acres south of St. Helena, 40 acres were planted to grapes. (Today known as “Stice Lane”) during these years of prohibition the grapes were harvested and shipped across the country in small packaging for “home winemaking” as it was still allowed under the 18th amendment.
    • Operated a butcher shop during some of the prohibition years.

  • Angelo Beroldo 1908

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    1908

    Angelo Beroldo

    (Jeff’s Great Grandfather)

    Born: Genoa Italy, 1877

    Passed: St. Helena, 1966

    Married: 1905

    Wife: Emilia “Banchero” Beroldo 

    (Jeff’s Great Grandmother)

    Born: Italy 1883

    Passed: St. Helena, 1949

    • Arrived in California in 1893
    • Moved to St. Helena in 1908
    • Vineyard worker
    • Gardener
    • Home winemaker
    • Cured olives, made olive oil
    • Worked in the cellar at Sunny St.Helena Winery for years

  • Henry Stice 1909

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    1909

    Henry Stice

    (Jeff’s Great Grandfather)

    Born: 1886 Napa, CA

    Passed: 1940 Napa, CA

    Wife: Emma Elizabeth Stice (John Thomann Grandaughter)

    • Winemaker
    • Early 1900’s: Partnered with J.B. Edington and opened a meat market in Rutherford.
    • 1909 hired by George De Latour and crushed first vintage under the Beaulieu Vineyards trademark, approx. 50k gallons.
    • Avid outdoorsman

  • Fred Beroldo 1934

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    1934

    Fred Beroldo

    Fred Beroldo

    (Jeff’s Great Uncle)

    Born: San Pablo, CA 1911

    Passed: St. Helena, CA 2001

    • Farmed grapes and orchard crops in Napa Valley for over 60 years.
    • Home winemaker
    • Produced wine with his father-in-law Gioachino Riorda at Sunnyhill Winery.
    • Assisted in running Sunny St. Helena Wine Company for many years.
    • Drove truck for Beringer Winery hauling both wine and grapes from all over Northern California. (his wife would often accompany him on the early 3AM runs to Geyserville and beyond)
    • 1946 owned Sutter Home Winery for a short period of time then sold to two brothers, John J. and Mario Trinchero
    • Loved the outdoors, gardening and baseball, (played for the Blue Sox, St. Helena semi-pro baseball team in the 1950’s)

  • Lloyd Stice 1946

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    1946

    Lloyd Stice

    (Jeff’s Grandfather)

    Born: 1911

    Passed: 1982

    Wife: Edith Katherine “Beroldo” Stice (Jeff’s Grandmother)

    Born: 1918 St. Helena, CA

    Passed: 2010 St. Helena, CA

    • Local farming expert
    • Manager Napa Milling
    • Proprietor St. Helena Feed & Seed
    • Chief St. Helena City Fire Department
    • Worked for Napa Valley Cooperative Winery after WWII ended
    • Home winemaker, vinegar, cured olives

  • Ron Stice 1958

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    1958

    Ron Stice

    (Jeff’s Uncle)

    Born: 1940

    Wife: Sue Stice (Jeff’s Aunt)

    • 1958-1999 Beaulieu Vineyards 
    • Worked the cellar under Andre Tchelistcheff.  Had many one on one experiences with Andre, both in the winery and the vineyard.
    • Volunteer firefighter for 44 years (St. Helena & Deer Park)
    • Chief Deer Park Fire Department, 1973-1994

  • Judy “Stice” Parady 1985

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    1985

    Judy “Stice” Parady

    (Jeff’s Mother)

    Born: 1946 St. Helena, CA

    Married: August 22, 1965

    • Mother of three sons, Doug(Rancher & Cattleman, Standish, CA), Scott(professor of art Sacramento State University, Artist, Cobb, CA) and Jeff(businessman, Vintner)
    • 1965-1985 Wells Fargo Bank
    • 1985-2019 administrative assistant Sutter Home Winery
    • 1993 purchased the historic Haug Ranch and ghost winery on Ink Grade
    • 2008-present Parady Family Wines

  • Larry Parady 1993

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    1993

    Larry Parady

    (Jeff’s Father)

    Born: 1942, Norfolk, NE 

    • 1957 moved to St. Helena
    • 1966-1967 US army
    • Career with Pacific Bell, AT&T
    • 1993 purchased the historic Haug Ranch and ghost winery on Ink Grade
    • 1993-present maintain fruit orchards
    • 1998 planted Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard, this property is one of the oldest vineyard sites on the Eastern slopes of Howell mountain dating back to the 1860’s.
    • 1998-present vineyard manager

  • Jeff Parady 2008

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    2008

    Jeff Parady

    Born: 1978 St. Helena, CA

    Married: June 24, 2010

    • 1999-2001 Beringer Vineyards 
    • 1999-2014 raced dirt sprint cars
    • 2004-present Pope Valley Repair & Towing inc. repairing farm and vineyard equipment, providing wine industry trucking and 24 hour towing service.
    • 2008 Produced first vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon with local winemaker/ vineyard manager Scott Brown of James Creek Vineyards
    • 2010 first vintage of Ore Cart 
    • 2012 first vintage of Bluford
    • Father of Jeffrey(2016) and Charlotte Katherine(2018)

    Elizabeth Parady

    Born: 1978 Napa, CA

    • UC Davis
    • Sac State
    • VUSD
    • NVUSD

    Mother of Jeffrey(2016) and Charlotte Katherine(2018)