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Ironstone Vineyards is a winery that is noted for the production of several U.S. wine brands, including Obsession Wines, Leaping Horse Vineyards, Christine Andrew, Stone Valley, and Drifting. [1] As of 2004, Ironstone has been listed as the 17th-largest winery (in terms of cases sold) in the United States. [ 2 ]
Under long-time winemaker Ric Forman (later of Abreu Vineyards), they released California's first vintage-dated Merlot. [3] The Coca-Cola Company bought the winery in 1977, in a short-lived attempt to enter the wine market. Seagram bought the winery in 1982, and was in turn purchased by Diageo in 2001. [2]
Sebastopol (/ s ɪ ˈ b æ s t ə p oʊ l,-p uː l / sib-AST-ə-pohl, -pool) is a city in Sonoma County, California, with a recorded population of 7,521, per the 2020 U.S. Census. [7] Sebastopol was once primarily a plum- and apple-growing region. [9] Wine grapes are the predominant agriculture crop, and nearly all lands once used for ...
ACE Cider has become a significant employer in the largely rural "West County" portion of Sonoma County, including Sebastopol, home of the Gravenstein apple.The company's existence and success (as demonstrated by rapid sales growth in the 3–5 years prior to 2013 in particular) bucks the trend of the "homogenization" of the county's agricultural economy, i.e. the domination of agriculture by ...
California, North Coast AVA, Northern Sonoma AVA, Sonoma Coast AVA, Sonoma County: Sub-regions: Chalk Hill AVA, Green Valley of Russian River Valley AVA: Total area: 96,000 acres (150 sq mi) [2] Size of planted vineyards: 15,000 acres (6,100 ha) [2] No. of vineyards: 70 [3] Grapes produced
Newton founded Sterling Vineyards in 1964 [4] and later, Newton Vineyard. [1] He was responsible for designing and building Sterling Vineyards in 1973, on a hill close to Calistoga, with access to the winery building via an aerial tramway. [5] Prince Charles visited from England in 1977, and was "delighted" by the winery and its wines. [5]
Castello di Amorosa is a winery located near Calistoga, California.The winery opened to the public in April 2007, as the project of a fourth-generation vintner, Dario Sattui, who also owns and operates the V. Sattui Winery named after his great-grandfather, Vittorio Sattui, who originally established a winery in San Francisco in 1885 after emigrating from Italy to California.
Sebastopol had a church, the Miners' Church, as early as 1857. It was served by all the major express lines including Langton's Pioneer Express, which ran to Downieville, Marysville, Nevada City and Virginia City, as well as towns in between, and Dornin's, later Menner's, stage line with frequent service between North San Juan and French Corral.