Author: Brian McGinty Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 9780804731454 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 624
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"Lured by the discovery of gold to cross the plains to California in 1849, Haraszthy became the first sheriff of San Diego, a member of the California legislature, and the first assayer of the United States Mint in San Francisco. Long fascinated with the possibility of growing fine European grapes in America, he moved in 1856 to northern California's Sonoma Valley, where he built the first stone wineries in California, introduced more than 300 varieties of European grapes, and planted (or helped his neighbors plant) more than a thousand acres of choice wine vineyards. He made a well-publicized wine tour of Europe in 1861, wrote the first notable book on California wine growing, and built his Sonoma estate into what was widely advertised as "the largest vineyard in the world.""--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Zephyrin Engelhardt Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781016169967 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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