Eastern Oakville and much of nearby Pritchard Hill is composed of reddish iron rich and remarkably rocky soils. This land was originally owned by Steve Girard died in , a Kaiser Corporation executive who served as president and executive of several Kaiser companies. The Girard family purchased this site in Steve Jr eventually sold the winery in to the Rudd family, Leslie and his wife Susan.
Leslie was from Wichita Kansas; his father, Samuel Rudd a career entrepreneur died began his career working for the family jewelry business. His company were the original manufacturers of wood barrels for Coors Brewery of Golden, Colorado. Sam and his wife Elenore died founded Standard Mercantile in in Wichita. The company was founded as a result of voters of Kansas repealing outdated prohibition liquor laws in Within their wine portfolio are a number of brands from Napa Valley.
He was successful and with the support of Standard Beverage Corporation, two wine auctions were started in the Salute! Elenore was an integral part of the family business. Her early career was spent working for her uncles the Levand brothers who owned the Wichita Beacon Newspaper. A scholarship was established in her name at Wichita State University Eleanor Rudd Scholarship and is still awarded to first-generation low income students. March 18, was proclaimed Eleanor Rudd Day in Wichita.
Those interested in further information about the Rudd family and three other families related through marriage, can do so by reading, The Entrepreneurial Spirit in America , published in Rudd commissioned a genealogist to research the history of these four families: Rudd, Kortz, Finkenstein and Levand. And this same book also lists as the first year it was printed that family members changed Rudnitsky to Rudd.
Another family Rudd family member Myron J. Rudd founded the Rudd Box Company in Remarkably this business is still operating in Chicago and celebrated their th anniversary in Leslie worked for his father beginning as a salesperson in after graduating from college eventually rising through the ranks to become the president of the company in The company is still owned by the Rudd family. Standard Beverage Corporation maintains a major , square foot distribution center completed in located just north of Interstate 70 in Lawrence, Kansas; this space can hold up to 1.
