Opus One, the brand founded in 1979 by California wine pioneer Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild of France, is wildly popular both in the United States and Asia. The answer was “Yes,” and Cadby took on her new duties overseeing markets in Japan and South Korea in June – fortunately with few tremors of the business variety.Ĭadby doesn’t really have to sell the wine. “I was on the 21st floor and the earthquake hit and it was, ‘Do I want to come here?’” she recalls. She was apartment hunting in Tokyo on March 11, 2011, when the devastating Tohoku earthquake struck.
Sitting in the plushly decorated formal salon of Opus One, Yasko Cadby ’86 is the picture of tranquil elegance as she talks about the shaky start to her new job as Japan export manager for the prestigious Napa Valley winery.