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Charles Krug (1825–1892) was among the pioneers of winemaking in the Napa Valley, California, and was the founder of the Charles Krug Winery. Biography [ edit ]
The Charles Krug Winery is a winery founded by Charles Krug in 1861. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 1974. History
In 1943, he acquired the Charles Krug Winery, the oldest in Napa Valley. When my grandfather passed, my father Peter Sr., and uncle, Robert, inherited the family business.
The Napa County wine industry began when George Yount, of Sonoma County, grew the first wine grapes in Napa Valley in the mid-nineteenth century. [2] [8] Although he is credited with starting the wine industry, Yount did not grow the industry, and it was not until Charles Krug arrived in Napa that the industry began to explode. [8]
His parents bought the Charles Krug winery in Napa Valley in 1943, and on his father's death sixteen years later, the business was split between Peter Mondavi and his brother Robert. The two fought, and the latter founded his own eponymous winery in 1966. They reconciled in 2005 and made a new wine together. [2]
George C. Yount was the first vineyardist on record in Napa Valley planting his vines in 1838. John Patchett established the Napa Valley's first commercial vineyard in 1858. [9] In 1861 Charles Krug established another of Napa Valley's first commercial wineries in St. Helena. [9]
Charles Krug Winery. Founded in 1861 by Charles Krug (1825-1892), this is the oldest operating winery in Napa Valley. Krug made the first commercial wine in Napa County in 1858. [10] York's Cabin. John T. York, the first American to settle in the area that became Calistoga, constructed this log cabin in 1845. [11] Hudson Cabin.
Napa Valley Wine Co. the story and historical documents re. Charles Krug, Jacob Beringer/Beringer Bros., and Cesare/Robert Mondavi (in German) Robert G. Mondavi Papers at Special Collections Dept., University Library, University of California, Davis; Robert Gerald Mondavi at Find a Grave