The Cucamonga Winery was started by Alfred Accomazzo and his brother Eduardo Accomazzo in 1933, and located near the intersection of Rochester and Arrow Hwy. The Cucamonga Winery is closely connected with the founding of the city of

Cucamonga, California Rancho Cucamonga ( ) is a city located just south of the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and Angeles National Forest in San Bernardino County, California, United States. About east of Downtown Los Angeles, Rancho Cucamonga is the 28 ...

. A

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marker was placed at Cucamonga Winery in

, marking the spot of the Historical

Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga was a Mexican land grant in present-day San Bernardino County, California, given in 1839 to the dedicated soldier, smuggler and politician Tiburcio Tapia by Mexican governor Juan Bautista Alvarado. The grant formed parts of pr ...

. The Accomazzo brothers came to the

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from San Desiderio in the Asti region of

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in northwest

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in 1902. The Accomazzo brothers, as young men first lived and worked in

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then in 1916 moved to

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. In Glendale they operated a Winery. They switch to working in real estate during

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. After prohibition they went back to wine making, but this time in Cucamonga. In 1933 Alfred Accomazzo started the Cucamonga Winery. The Cucamonga area was designated

Cucamonga Valley AVA The Cucamonga Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area in San Bernardino County, California. It is in the Cucamonga Valley region of the Pomona Valley, about west of San Bernardino. Cucamonga Valley is a warm climate for viniculture, with s ...

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for its grape and wine production. Alfred partnered with Dominic Merlo, Mary Pastrone and Louis Gotto to open the Cucamonga Winery. They repurchased land and plated vineyards. Louis Gotto sold his share in the winery to Joseph Ettor in 1935. Joseph Ettor expanded the market of the vine, making it famous. Distribution started in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Illinois and Ohio. Eduardo son, Ed Accomazzo, startedwor at the in 1950. After Alfred Accomazzo died in 1960, his son, Arthur took over his work. At it peak the winery farmed around Cucamonga. Due to high property taxes most of the Cucamonga vineyards were sold. In 1975 the Cucamonga Winery closed. Ed Accomazzo continued run the Cucamonga winery in

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Markers

Marker at Cucamonga Winery, about Cucamonga Rancho, noting

Tiburcio Tapia Tapia Adobe was the home of Tiburcio Tapia (1789–1845). Tiburcio Tapia was a Mexican soldier, politician, then became a merchant, winery owner and ranch owner, in what is now Cucamonga, California. The place of Tapia Adobe (home) was designat ...

incorrect, this Marker is at the Thomas Winery located at 8916 Foothill Blvd. Cucamonga.) site reads: *''Established by Tiburcio Tapia, to whom the Cucamonga Rancho was granted March 3, 1839, by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado of Mexico.''californiahistoricallandmarks.com CHL No. 490
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