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Recognizing that suitability of the Napa Valley land for winemaking, he founded his winemaking operation in 1874. [1] Jean Laurent died in 1890, after which his winery continued to operate successfully under a succession of owners. In the late 1930s it was the location of St. Helena Cooperative Winery, known as the "little co-op" at the time.
Napa County wine refers to the viticulture and winemaking in Napa County, California, United States. County names in the United States automatically qualify as legal appellations of origin for wine produced from grapes grown in that county and do not require registration with the United States Department of the Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). [5]
Wineries of the Napa Valley AVA — in the Napa Valley and adjacent foothills of Napa County, in Northern California. Pages in category "Wineries in Napa Valley" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total.
Pages in category "American Viticultural Areas of Napa Valley, California" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated appellation for American wine in the United States distinguishable by geographic, geologic, and climatic features, with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the United States Department of the Treasury. [1]
Acacia Winery, also known as Acacia Vineyard or simply Acacia, is a winery in the Carneros Valley appellation in Napa County, California, United States. Acacia Winery was founded in 1979 by co-founder Michael Richmond and others on Las Amigas Road. [ 1 ]
It is widely regarded as one of the original cult wineries [2] in the Napa Valley, and was the first American winery to use the word "family" in its name. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Today the winery manages two estate vineyards with distinct geologies in the St Helena AVA, separated by the West Napa Fault line.
The Wagner family has farmed the current Caymus property to wine grapes since the 1940s. Until 1972, when the winery was established, the fruit was sold to other area wineries. [4] The vineyard was planted to Nathan Fay's clone of Cabernet Sauvignon in the 1960s. [5] Fay also provided grapes to Stag's Leap Wine Cellars.