William Andrew "Andy" Beckstoffer is a California vineyard owner, with holdings in Napa, Lake, and Mendocino counties.
Upon leaving the Army, he entered graduate school at Dartmouth, earning a Master of Business Administration in 1966, and went to work for a finance company, Heublein Inc.
[2] In 1973, he purchased Vinifera Development Corporation, the wing of Heublein that owned approximately 1,200 acres (490 ha) of land in Napa and Mendocino.
[4] Beckstoffer was involved in settling a labor dispute led by Cesar Chavez in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
[1][5] His vineyard management practices, including decisions regarding vine spacing and irrigation, have helped to modernize the California wine industry.