Joanne DePuy
Biography
1927 – Born in Ashland, Wisconsin: Joanne Cardiff
1928 – Moved to Altadena, CA
1945 – Graduated from Ramona Convent
1949 - Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California at Berkeley
1949 – Married Howard Dickenson,
1951 – Moved to Napa Valley
1951 – Georgine Dickenson born
1953 – Chuck Dickenson born
1957 – John Dickenson born
1965 – Member of Silverado Country Club
1973 – Divorced
1973 – Founded and directed Wine Tours International
Founded Tennis Limited, a private international tennis touring club
1976 – Engaged Andre Tchelistcheff to conduct wine tour of France for Napa Valley
vintners and took California wines to Steven Spurrier for his 1976 Paris Tasting
1977 - Married Newell E. DePuy, Jr.
1978 – Moved to Yountville, CA , where she and husband established Chardonnay and
Cabernet vineyard
1979 – 2001 – Board of Directors Stags Leap Wine District
1981 – 1983 - Creator and Director of Napa Valley Wine Symposium
1984 – 2001 – Led Wine and Tennis tours to England, France, Italy, Australia, Bermuda,
Africa, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Sardenia, Corsica, Portugal, Austria, Czech
Republic, China, and throughout the United States.
2002 – Retired from international wine tours
2002 – Organized and led tennis tours for Tennis Limited.
2005 – Chairman of Special Gifts Fundraising Committee for construction of Wellness
Center at Queen of the Valley Hospital
2005 – Retired from Tennis Limited
2005 – Present – Board of Trustees Napa Valley Medical Center Foundation
2007 – Newell E. Depuy, Jr. died
2008 – Founder of The Institute for Integrative Health Lecture Series at Queen of the Valley
Medical Center
2009 – Married Dr. Roelof J. Tikker