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The historic To Kalon Vineyard, owned by the Robert Mondavi Winery, Andy Beckstoffer and four other owners, is still producing grapes today. [5] In 1903, the United States Department of Agriculture established an experimental vineyard station in Oakville. Known as "Oakville Station", the vineyard is operated by the University of California at ...
Formally declared a Napa appellation in 1993 there are currently 24 wineries and over 5,000 acres (20 km 2) of vineyard located within the boundary of the Oakville AVA. The Robert Mondavi Winery is located between Oakville and Rutherford, California (though its corporate headquarters are in nearby St. Helena). To Kalon was part of Mondavi's ...
Screaming Eagle Winery and Vineyards is a California wine estate producing limited amounts of varietal wine; due to the small quantities produced and high prices commanded, their wines are considered cult wines. The winery is located in Oakville, California, north of the town of Napa in the Napa Valley.
The Oakville estate extends 240 acres (97 ha), of which 40 acres (16 ha) is planted to vineyard, primarily Cabernet Sauvignon. [14] [15] The estate, on the eastern side of the Mayacamas Mountains [16] is situated between 225 feet (69 m) and 1,225 feet (373 m) in elevation.
This was the first Bordeaux style winery in the US. Inglenook wines won gold medals at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris. In 1868 H. W. Crabb bought land near Oakville close to the Napa River. Crabb established a vineyard and winery named To Kalon, and by 1877 had planted 130 acres (0.5 km 2) and was producing 50,000 US gallons of wine per year ...
PlumpJack Winery was founded in 1997 when the PlumpJack Group acquired a century-old 53 acres (21 ha) vineyard in Napa Valley on Oakville Cross Road. The winery facility and tasting room were designed by Leavitt-Weaver, the same design firm that the PlumpJack Group used for the designs of its restaurants and hotels. [3]
After a successful harvest at Chateau Petrus in 1982, Moueix established a new winery, Dominus Estate, in the Napa Valley, and asked Baron to manage the facility; he worked there until 1994. [3] In 1994, Baron met co-founder of Silver Oak Cellars , Justin Meyer , after seeing a quirky classified ad in the newspaper Wine Country . [ 4 ]
July 16, 1987 (1160 Oak Knoll Ave. Napa: 17: Far Niente Winery: Far Niente Winery: February 28, 1979 (South of Oakville at 1577 Oakville Grade: Oakville: 18