Bill Nancarrow

Vineyard work came first in this line of practice: Bill Nancarrow worked as Harvest Manager at Thorncroft Vineyards in England before moving to Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, where he joined Huthlee Vineyards as a team member from 1995. Cellar responsibility followed by 1998, when he became Assistant Winemaker at C.J. Pask Winery in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, later rising to winemaker at C.J. Pask Winery in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Napa Valley added harvest, assistant, and executive-scale winemaking experience to that base. In 2001, Bill Nancarrow arrived as a harvest worker at Duckhorn Vineyards in Napa Valley, then became Assistant Winemaker at Duckhorn Vineyards in Napa Valley, ultimately serving as Executive Winemaker at Duckhorn Vineyards in Napa Valley and Executive Winemaker at Paraduxx in Napa Valley. Today, Bill is winemaker of Regusci Winery.

The Regusci Winery role places Bill Nancarrow inside a Napa house whose wines include the 2018 The Elders Cabernet Sauvignon, for which he is listed as winemaker. Viticulture and enology are the stated craft specialty here. In trade terms, that means the work is not split cleanly between field and cellar: vineyard decisions and winemaking decisions are treated as connected parts of the same finished wine.

The named signature is 2018 'The Elders' Cabernet Sauvignon, credited to Bill Nancarrow as winemaker.

The record here is role-based rather than award-led: harvest management, vineyard-team work, assistant winemaking, winemaking, and executive winemaking across England, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, and Napa Valley. Set alongside the current Regusci Winery position and the named 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon credit, it traces a career built through production responsibility.