Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The restaurant had a 1,700-square-foot (160 m 2) dining room (for 180 seats), an outdoor seating area (4,300 square feet (400 m 2)) and a 2,500-square-foot (230 m 2) kitchen. [48] The gardens had fruit orchards, a pavilion with a kitchen and large dining table, and a small vineyard with 60 vines and 30 different grape varieties. [ 2 ]
Vincent Michael "Vince" DeDomenico, Sr. (September 29, 1915 – October 18, 2007) was an American entrepreneur, one of the inventors of Rice-A-Roni, and a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Train. [ 1 ] Biography
French Laundry Restaurant Greenhouse. The building was constructed as a saloon in 1896 by a Scottish stonesman for Pierre Guillaume. [4] A 1906 law outlawed the sale and consumption of alcohol in the area around the Veterans Home of California Yountville, [5] and the building was bought in 1920 by John Lande who used it as a French steam laundry, [6] which is the origin of the restaurant's name.
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]
Two years later Andretti and longtime friend Joe Antonini, former CEO of Kmart (which had sponsored Andretti's racing team) purchased a 53-acre (210,000 m 2) vineyard and winery in the far north part of Napa, California, where they built a Tuscan-themed winery, tasting room, and guesthouse. [1]
Domaine Chandon is a winery located in the town of Yountville, California, in the Napa Valley.Established in 1973 by Moët et Chandon, and led by businessman John Wright, who operated the company for over 20 years, [1] it was the first French-owned sparkling wine producer in the Napa Valley.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Caymus Vineyards is a Napa winery owned by Chuck Wagner and his family. It was named for George Yount's Rancho Caymus land grant , [ 2 ] which in turn was named for the villages of Kaimus, the Wappo settlements previously existing in the region.