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D'Agostini Winery refers to both a
winery A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feature warehouses, ...
in Healdsburg, California (
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) owned by Armagan Champagne Cellars as well as the original vineyard, winery, and wine cellar located in
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,
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, which are owned by Sobon Estate Winery. The original winery is registered as a
California Historical Landmark A California Historical Landmark (CHL) is a building, structure, site, or place in California that has been determined to have statewide historical landmark significance. Criteria Historical significance is determined by meeting at least one of ...
. 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
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immigrant, who brought
grapevine ''Vitis'' (grapevine) is a genus of 79 accepted species of vining plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The genus is made up of species predominantly from the Northern Hemisphere. It is economically important as the source of grapes, ...
s with him from Europe to Amador County. It was thought to be the first place where
Zinfandel Zinfandel (also known as Primitivo) is a variety of black-skinned wine grape. The variety is grown in over 10 percent of California vineyards. DNA analysis has revealed that it is genetically equivalent to the Croatian grapes Crljenak Kašt ...
was planted in California,The Sobons to reopen historic D'Agostini winery in Amador County
''Wines & Vines'', May 1990
but later research has shown that many people were involved in bringing Zinfandel to California and that it is impossible to determine who truly was first.Sullivan, Charles., ''Zinfandel: A History of a Grape and Its Wine'', Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 2003 It is, however, the oldest in the state to continuously make Zinfandel and some of the original vines are even still in production. In 1911, the winery and its 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 oak
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s, is still standing and is now part of th
Shenandoah Valley Museum
which displays agriculture and wine artifacts.


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Armagan Champagne Cellars & D'Agostini WinerySobon Family Wines
1856 establishments in California Wineries in Sonoma County California Historical Landmarks Buildings and structures in Amador County, California Swiss-American culture