Otto E. Meyer; Ex-President of Paul Masson Vineyards

Otto E. Meyer, 90, former president and board chairman of Paul Masson Vineyards. After emigrating from Germany in 1938, Meyer joined the Christian Brothers winery. In 1945, he moved to Masson where he supervised the building of champagne cellars and a new winery in Soledad, Calif. Meyer served as president and then board chairman from 1959 until his retirement in 1974. An enthusiastic patron of the arts, he helped to create the popular Music and the Vineyards summer concert series at the Paul Masson Vineyards in Saratoga, Calif., and served on the board of the San Francisco Opera for many years. Meyer received the UC Davis Centennial Citation in 1969. On Monday in San Francisco of a heart condition.