Sebastiani Vineyards is owned by Foley Wine Group of
Los Olivos, California
Los Olivos (; Spanish language, Spanish for "the olive trees") is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in the Santa Ynez Valley of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tourism is popular in this rural area which is an ag ...
, which also owns Firestone Vineyards in Santa Barbara County, Merus in Napa, and Three Rivers Winery in Washington.
Sebastiani produces 280,000 cases a year.
History
Samuele Sebastiani, a laborer, came to America from
Tuscany
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and began making wine in
Sonoma in 1904.
[Feuding family sells Sebastiani Vineyards](_blank)
Julian Guthrie, sfgate.com December 23, 2008 Samuele Sebastiani built the business from one 501-gallon redwood vat to an operation of millions of bottles per year with multiple
varietals.
His grandchildren could not agree on the future of the business and sold in 2008.
References
California wine
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