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Entrance to Far Niente Winery. Far Niente Winery is a winery based in Oakville, California, located within the Oakville AVA appellation. It was founded in 1885 by John Benson, but abandoned during Prohibition in 1919. The property was restored by Gil Nickel in 1979. The winery now produces wines from Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. [1]
In 1979, he purchased the historic Far Niente Winery in Oakville, which had been established in 1885 by John Benson, a '49er of the Californian gold rush and uncle of the famous American impressionist painter Winslow Homer. The winery was in disrepair having been abandoned 60 years previously during Prohibition and Nickel spent three years ...
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.
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She then returned to the US, joining Far Niente winery first as an enologist, then as assistant winemaker for five years. Allison joined Colgin Cellars in 2005 as Assistant Winemaker, before becoming Winemaker in 2007. Now serving as Director of Winemaking, Allison oversees all farming and winemaking operations.
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