D'Agostini Winery
D'Agostini Winery | |
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Location | Plymouth-Shenandoah Rd., Plymouth, California |
Coordinates | 38°31′57″N 120°45′19″W / 38.53244°N 120.75530°W |
Built | 1856 |
Governing body | Private |
Reference no. | 762 |
Location in California |
D'Agostini Winery refers to both a winery in Healdsburg, California (Sonoma County) owned by Armagan Champagne Cellars as well as the original vineyard, winery, and wine cellar located in Plymouth, Amador County, which are owned by Sobon Estate Winery. The original winery is registered as a California Historical Landmark.[1]
D'Agostini Winery, now Sobon Estate, is the oldest winery in California that still operates today. It was started in 1856 by Adam Uhlinger, a
In 1911, the winery and its 125 acres (0.51 km2) of vineyard were purchased by Enrico D'Agostini, whom the winery is now named after. Armagan Champagne Cellars purchased the business in 1984, and the Amador County vineyard and wine cellar were sold to the Sobon family in 1989. Thus, bottles sold under the D'Agostini label are produced by Armagan, but the wine produced from the original vines comes from Sobon.
The original wine cellar, with walls made from rock quarried from nearby hills, hand-hewn beams, and
References
- ^ "D'Agostini Winery". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
- ^ a b The Sobons to reopen historic D'Agostini winery in Amador County[permanent dead link], Wines & Vines, May 1990
- ^ Sullivan, Charles., Zinfandel: A History of a Grape and Its Wine, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 2003