Napa Valley’s Memento Mori and Vida Valiente Winery Co-Founder Publishes the Empty Center: Permission, Connection, and What We Build When the Future Is Uncertain

The co-founder of three Napa wineries and three-time cancer survivor has put into words the ethos behind his 100-point cult labels: mortality as fuel to live fully and lift others. They’ll find the purpose engine of Vida Valiente, whose wine revenue helps fund last-dollar scholarships for more than 200 first-generation, low-income Stanford students through the Vida Valiente Foundation. As the oldest gravity-fed winery in Napa Valley, Drumwright is betting it follows the trajectory Memento Mori and Vida Valiente have already proven. About Hayes DrumwrightHayes Drumwright is a serial entrepreneur, three-time cancer survivor, and co-founder of Memento Mori, Vida Valiente, and Edge Hill in Napa Valley. Alongside his wife Susana, he leads the Vida Valiente Foundation, providing last-dollar scholarships to first-generation Stanford undergraduates.