DIED. August Sebastian!, 66, head of one of California's largest family-owned wineries; of cancer; in Sonoma, Calif. An informal patriarch who preferred the outdoors and overalls to office life, he took over the modest business founded by his Italian immigrant father in 1944 and greatly expanded production to include 24 wines ranging from "jug" types to premium varietals. When the U.S. wine industry started to boom in the '70s, other vinicultural pioneers began cashing in their holdings; not Sebastiani. Said he: "I would as soon sell my children as my vineyard."
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