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Gobbi Building, Healdsburg, California: Restored 1984. [10] [11] Structure 2: Carnegie Library Building: 221 Matheson Street Healdsburg Carnegie Library, 221 Matheson St., Healdsburg, CA 7-3-2010 4-29-17 PM
Jordan Vineyard & Winery was founded in 1972 by Tom and Sally Jordan, who first purchased land in 1972 with the dream of planting a vineyard. The Jordan chateau, which overlooks nearly 1,200 acres of hills and vineyards with three quarters of the land dedicated to natural habitat, was designed by the architecture firm Backen, Arrigoni & Ross and was completed in 1976 just before the first ...
Rodney Strong Vineyards is a family-owned winery based in Healdsburg, California, United States. It was founded in 1959 by wine pioneer and former dancer, Rodney Strong, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the winery focuses solely on Sonoma County grape growing and wines. [ 1 ]
Healdsburg is located within the former township of Mendocino. The San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad reached Healdsburg in 1872. [11] Farming, especially orchards and truck farms, was common within the present city limits from at least the 1890s to 1940s. [12] The first commercial development of the seasoning lemon pepper was in ...
The Dry Creek Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California, located northwest of the town of Healdsburg.The valley is formed by Dry Creek, a tributary of the Russian River, and is approximately 16 miles (25.7 km) long and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide. [2]
Some winemaking families continued to make wine illegally and others converted to bootlegging a sugar and water base wine known as "Jackass brandy" to survive during this period. [8] (Today one of the most prestigious vineyards in the region is the Jackass Hill Vineyard owned by Martinelli Winery.)
In 1911, the winery and its 125 acres (0.51 km 2) of vineyard were purchased by Enrico D'Agostini, whom the winery is now named after. Armagan Champagne Cellars purchased the business in 1984, and the Amador County vineyard and wine cellar were sold to the Sobon family in 1989.
Numerous notable chefs and restaurateurs are present in the Wine Country, including Thomas Keller, John Ash, and Sondra Bernstein. [23] Besides the obvious winery attractions, the Wine Country is known for the Sonoma County coastline along the Pacific Ocean, the Russian River valley, redwoods, hot spring baths, petrified forests and other ...