Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Founded in 1876, Beringer Vineyards is "the oldest continuously operating winery in the Napa Valley", and is listed under both the National Register of Historic Places [1] and as a California Historical Landmark. [2] In 1934 it was the first California winery to offer public tours and wine tasting following the repeal of Prohibition. [3]
In July 2016, Treasury Wine Estates slimmed down its wine portfolio, announcing the sale of 12 cheap wine brands in the United States. The sale of the US brands represented around one million cases of wine. [12] By 2017, Treasury had begun stockpiling luxury wines and rationing their release in China and the United States.
Napa River Bridge on Zinfandel Lane: Napa River Bridge on Zinfandel Lane: August 5, 2005 : Zinfandel Ln., 1 mile (1.6 km) east of CA 29: St. Helena: 1913 stone arch bridge 53: Napa Valley Railroad Depot: Napa Valley Railroad Depot: April 18, 1977
Cakebread Cellars is a Napa Valley winery known for its Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc wines, which are internationally distributed. [1] Founded in 1973 by Jack and Dolores Cakebread in Rutherford, California , the winery produces approximately 200,000 cases of wine per year.
British wine connoisseur, merchant and founder of France's first private wine school, L’Academie du Vin, Steven Spurrier, with American Patricia Gallagher, [24] organized the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 where renown French oenophiles participated in a blind tasting to compare the best wines from California's wine regions and France's ...
Acacia Winery was founded in 1979 by co-founder Michael Richmond and others on Las Amigas Road. [1] The winery primarily produced pinot noir and Chardonnay wines including the following lines: Reserve, SVS Wines, Carneros Blend, A, From Acacia (fruit from the central coast), and Estate Pinot (2001-2002). [1]
This in turn created a need for new housing in Richland. Accordingly, new neighborhoods were created in 1948–49. The historic district comprises one of these neighborhoods. Because the housing was intended for upper-income families and was near the Columbia River, it came to be known as the "Gold Coast."
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars is a winery founded by Warren Winiarski in 1970 and based in the Stags Leap District of Napa Valley, California.. The winery achieved significant international recognition in 1976, six years after its establishment, at the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, also known as the Judgment of Paris, where its 1973 vintage Cabernet Sauvignon won first place among ten top French and ...