Michael Pronay wrote:

>>Buena Vista was purchased by a German company that I think was
>>in the pharmaceutical business back in the mid-80s.
>
> The company was Racke, and they were (and still are) in the
> spirits business. Marcus Moller-Racke was chairman, later replaced
> by his wife Anne who stayed in place after divorce, iirc.

And the wine maker must have been their daughter. I remember the
Moller-Racke name now. The first year she was there she changed the
gewertz to Spicling.