{"id":307063,"date":"2026-05-09T02:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/307063\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T02:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:55:19","slug":"late-mlb-owner-peter-magowans-napa-valley-home-lists-for-13-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/307063\/","title":{"rendered":"Late MLB Owner Peter Magowan\u2019s Napa Valley Home Lists for $13 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA lifelong baseball fan who grew up in New York, Peter Magowan missed his very first day of school to attend Game One of the 1951 World Series between the Giants and Yankees with his father. Years later, he was heartbroken when his beloved Giants announced a relocation to San Francisco. Fate intervened, however, and he and his family moved to the City by the Bay soon after.<\/p>\n

\n\tFast forward to 1992, and Magowan was once again faced with the possibility of losing his favorite team, this time to Tampa Bay. A successful chairman and CEO of Safeway and a Giants board member by that time, he swung into action and gathered a group of investors to purchase the Giants at the last minute, saving the team from going to Florida.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tA charming living room is embellished with a mix of French Country and Provincial decor.<\/p>\n

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\n\tRELATED: Ryan Seacrest Spins His 40-Acre California Wine Country Estate Back on the Market<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tOne of his first orders of business during his 16-season tenure as general managing partner was signing All-Star outfielder Barry Bonds to a record $43.75 million contract. He went on to spearhead the building of a privately financed, 41,000-seat PacBell Park on the downtown waterfront, today called Oracle Park, and was inducted into the\u00a0Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame<\/a>\u00a0in 2016 for his achievements, which included four World Series berths and three championships. He\u00a0died<\/a>\u00a0in 2019 at age 76.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the 1990s, Magowan and his wife, Debby, who maintained a primary residence in San Francisco\u2019s affluent Pacific Heights neighborhood, shelled out around $1.2 million for a roughly five-acre Napa Valley<\/a> getaway with a main home, pool, and garage topped by a guest apartment. Through the years, the couple tacked on about 15 more acres, which included vineyards with sauvignon blanc, cabernet, and petit verdot grape varietals used for winemaking. They also built a new pool, pool house, tennis court, and garage and expanded the guesthouse, per\u00a0The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t161 Stillwater Rd, Aspen, CO 81611\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t$21,201,400 USD | 18,000,000 EUR\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t$52,500,000 USD\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t$98,000,000 USD\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tModern appliances and a breakfast banquette adorn the farmhouse-style kitchen.<\/p>\n

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\n\tNow, with 80-year-old Debby spending most of her time these days in Florida, the couple\u2019s picturesque retreat has hit the market at $13 million, with Ginger Martin of Sotheby\u2019s International Realty, St. Helena<\/a> Brokerage handling\u00a0the listing<\/a>. The completed spread offers a total of seven bedrooms, half a dozen bathrooms, and two powder rooms across 7,175 square feet, with the two-story primary dwelling donning wide-plank hardwood floors, cream-hued Venetian plaster walls, and soaring wood-beam ceilings paired with smart-home and solar systems.<\/p>\n

\n\tA wood-burning fireplace anchors the living room, with French doors spilling out to a spacious courtyard ideal for lounging and entertaining. Elsewhere is a formal dining room, a family room, and a farmhouse-style kitchen sporting high-end appliances, a butler\u2019s pantry, and an adjoining breakfast nook with a built-in banquette. Other highlights include a handsome wood-paneled study lined with bookshelves, along with a plush primary suite sporting a fireplace and a bath showcased by a marble-clad soaking tub.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe swimming pool is set against a backdrop of the Mayacamas Mountains.<\/p>\n

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\n\tRELATED: Inside Designer Ken Fulk\u2019s Idyllic Napa Valley Retreat<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tThe sprawling mountain-view grounds, laced with an abundance of colorful roses, host an alfresco dining space, a kitchen pavilion, a pool and spa, and a tennis court bordered by a pergola-shaded viewing area. Rounding it all off are the ancillary structures\u2014a pool house with a kitchen and living room and a separate 1,000-square-foot guesthouse with a game room and two en suite bedrooms, plus a detached two-car garage.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe son of a Safeway chief executive, Magowan rose through the supermarket chain\u2019s ranks from checker, shelf stocker, and produce clerk to chairman and CEO. He was also the grandson of Charles Merrill, cofounder of the investment bank and brokerage firm Merrill Lynch.<\/p>\n

\n\tClick here<\/a> for more photos of the Napa Valley residence.<\/p>\n

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\tAuthors<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\"Wendy<\/p>\n

\n\t\tWendy Bowman\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for\u2026<\/p>\n

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