The San Antonio Winery is a

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in the Lincoln Heights district in the city of

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It has operated since 1917 just east of downtown at 737 Lamar Street, south of North Main Street. The winery includes a wine and gift shop, restaurant, and various rooms available for private events. The winery uses

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s from the Riboli family farm in Monterey, a smaller Napa Valley vineyard, and contracts with other Californian growers. Besides the bottling and distribution at the original winery site, they have an energy-efficient winemaking facility in

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and opened a tasting room there in 2016. San Antonio produces varietal, table wines, and dessert wines, both red and white.

History

In 1917, Santo Cambianica, an Italian man from the northern Italy province of

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, immigrated to Los Angeles and started the winery at its current location. Hoping for good luck, he dedicated the winery to Saint Anthony (in Italian: San Antonio) by naming it as such. When

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was enacted in 1920, Cambianica asked for permission from the

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to continue operating his winery for

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. They also sold grapes to home wine makers. The winery has been declared as historical monument #42 in the city of Los Angeles.

Brands

San Antonio Winery produces and markets several wine brands. * Stella Rosa is one of the best-selling brands of semi-sweet wine in the United States. In 2020, according to data analysis from Nielsen, the Stella Rosa brand was the seventh most popular wine by total sales, and #1 fastest growing wine. The grapes for Stella Rosa wines are sourced from the Asti region of

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, Italy, where the wines are fully produced. They undergo arrested fermentation via a process called the

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method to produce a frizzante texture. * Maddalena, a collection of wines named after the matriarch of the Riboli family. * San Simeon * Opaque * Windstream * San Antonio Specialty * San Antonio Fruit Farm * Highlands 41 * Riboli Family Napa Valley * Santo Stefano * Bodega Sangria * Chocolate Bar * La Quinta

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* {{LAHMC Wineries in California Commercial buildings in Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles

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