Gail Kautz is the Vice-Chairman of Ironstone Vineyards and is involved in all aspects of the family farming operation in Lodi, California. She and her husband John have been married over 60 years and started the Ironstone Concours in 1996. Her education, career, commissions, and board appointments are vast and cover decades of service in California. Her son Stephen is the oldest of their four children and is a third-generation California farmer. He is the President of Ironstone Winery, located in the Sierra Foothills town of Murphys. He is involved in numerous organizations promoting Calaveras County, is a Director of the California Association of Wine Grape Growers, and is past Director of the California Wine Institute. He is also a board member of the Ironstone Concours Foundation that has raised over a million dollars for its charities.
Gail and Stephen are the first mother and son to be guests here on Cars Yeah.