Oscar Renteria is an American viticulturalist and

California wine California wine production has a rich viticulture history since 1680 when Spanish Jesuit missionaries planted ''Vitis vinifera'' vines native to the Mediterranean region in their established missions to produce wine for religious services. I ...

maker who specializes in the Napa Valley. Along with his father Salvador, Renteria runs Renteria Vineyard Management Co. which manages for 27 wineries and Renteria Winery where the family produces wines under their own label.Alan Goldfarb '
Tending the Vines of the Napa Valley: An interview with Salvador and Oscar Renteria
'' Appellation America, November 1st, 2006

History

Renteria's father, Salvador, moved to Napa Valley in 1962 from

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. After working as a barber and pool shark, Salvador took a position working the vineyards for

Sterling Vineyards Sterling Vineyards is a winery near Calistoga, California, owned by Treasury Wine Estates. The winery achieved international recognition when its wine won first place in the Ottawa Wine Tasting of 1981. Description Visitors to the winery take a ...

in Napa where he quickly rose to crew leader due to his more advanced English-speaking abilities. From Sterling Salvador went on to pioneer several viticultural techniques in Napa Valley including different

vine training systems The use of vine training systems in viticulture is aimed primarily to assist in canopy management with finding the balance in enough foliage to facilitate photosynthesis without excessive shading that could impede grape ripening or promote grape ...

and advance canopy management techniques. In 1987, Salvador started Renteria Vineyard Management Co., with his son Oscar eventually assuming control of the operation upon Salvador's retirement. They are one of the largest vineyard managers in Napa and the largest in sub-regions like

Pope Valley Pope Valley is an unincorporated community located in the small valley of the same name in the Vaca Mountains and northern Napa County, California. It is east of Calistoga, north of Angwin, and borders Lake Berryessa, the second largest man-m ...

References

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