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Napa Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in Napa County, California.The area was established by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on February 27, 1981, after a 1978 petition submitted by the Napa Valley Vintners and the Napa Valley Grape Growers Association.
California Pacific purchased the Napa Valley Rail Road at foreclosure on June 9, 1869. The Napa Valley Rail Road was built from the head of navigation on the Napa River, Soscol, near Skaggs Island, to Napa, St. Helena, and Calistoga. It was backed by a group headed by Samuel Brannan, a Calistoga resort owner. The track from Soscol to Napa was ...
Bottle Shock (2008) is based on the true story of the famous 1976 "Judgment of Paris," an important event in the history of Napa Valley winemaking. The setting for the 1995 movie A Walk in the Clouds is Napa Valley in 1945. In the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap, the girls' father was portrayed as a Napa Valley winemaker. [71]
26 Mar 1864 Napa Valley Rail Road incorporated at San Francisco. Railroad built from the tidewater on the northern end the San Pablo Bay south of Napa at a location known as Suscol to Calistoga. 5 Dec 1864 Sacramento and San Francisco Railroad incorporated to build proposed railroad between two cities.
It was the first new large-scale winery to be established in the valley since before prohibition. Following the establishment of the Mondavi estate, the number of wineries in the valley continued to grow, as did the region's reputation. Some California wine makers began to produce quality wines but still had difficulty marketing them.
Harlan Estate was founded in 1984 by American entrepreneur and vintner H. William Harlan (Bill Harlan), a real estate developer and Napa Valley resort owner. [2] [3] It is located within the western hills of Oakville, California on a 240-acre (97 ha) property consisting of forest and situated on steep, east-facing slopes.
Pages in category "History of Napa County, California" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
During the Quaternary glaciation beginning 2.58 million years ago, the basin that will be filled by the bay is a large linear valley with small hills, similar to most of the valleys of the Coast Ranges. The rivers of the Central Valley run out to sea through a canyon that will become the Golden Gate. As the ice sheets melt, sea levels rise 300 ...