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He planted vines, and by 1896 Chateau Montelena was the seventh largest winery in the Napa Valley. [3] Cabernet Sauvignon vines at Chateau Montelena. With the onset of Prohibition in the United States, winemaking ceased at the Chateau and in the period that followed Tubbs sold grapes but did not make wine. In 1958 the Tubbs family sold the ...
Fantesca Estate & Winery is a family-owned boutique winery in the Spring Mountain District AVA of Napa Valley. [1] The proprietors – Susan Schulze Hoff and Duane Hoff – are former executives of Best Buy Company. [1] [2] Since April 2008, Heidi Barrett has been the estate's winemaker. [3]
Baldacci Family Vineyards is a family-owned winery located in the Stags Leap District AVA of Napa Valley. [1] Established in 1998, Baldacci Family Vineyards owns over 50 acres of sustainably-farmed vines in three distinct Napa Valley appellations: Stags Leap District, Calistoga, and Los Carneros.
The winery began when Ann and Dick Grace planted one acre (0.40 hectares) of vines in 1976. The first vintage was produced in 1978, at Chuck Wagner's winery, Caymus. [13] A second acre was added in 1985, but phylloxera took its toll, as the winery's vines were planted on non-resistant rootstock. [14]
Schramsberg Vineyards is a winery located in Calistoga, California in the Napa Valley region. The vineyard, which was founded in 1862 by the German immigrant Jacob Schram, produces a series of sparkling wines using the same method as champagne. Schramsberg is considered one of the premium brands in the production of sparkling wine in California ...
The winery was founded in 1879 by a Finnish Sea Captain Gustave Niebaum. Niebaum's employee Hamden McIntyre was not an architect but he designed gravity flow wineries for Inglenook and Far Niente along with other wineries of the decade. [1] Niebaum died in 1908 and the winery was shut down during Prohibition.
Recognizing that suitability of the Napa Valley land for winemaking, he founded his winemaking operation in 1874. [1] Jean Laurent died in 1890, after which his winery continued to operate successfully under a succession of owners. In the late 1930s it was the location of St. Helena Cooperative Winery, known as the "little co-op" at the time.
He planted Merlot and Chardonnay, now very common in Napa Valley, at a time most vineyards were focusing on Cabernet Sauvignon. Under long-time winemaker Ric Forman (later of Abreu Vineyards), they released California's first vintage-dated Merlot. [3] The Coca-Cola Company bought the winery in 1977, in a short-lived attempt to enter the wine ...