And NPR's very own Robert Smith hit the streets to investigate.

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After Robert founded his own winery, his drive, his technological innovations and his proselytizing helped raise the bar for Napa Cabernet and to create the market for premium California wines, his partnership with Baron Phillip de Rothschild in the creation of Opus One being perhaps the ultimate validation of his vision.

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In this quieter part of the Mojave Desert, Robert Bigelow's own fantasy is coming to fruition.

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