The Wine History Project of San Luis Obispo County preserves and presents two centuries of local viticulture through research and interviews, exhibitions and publications, talks and demonstrations, plantings and harvestings, and food and wine tastings. We work with local museums and archives and organize events in venues throughout the county.
Together We Can Preserve the Story of Central Coast Winemaking
3592 Broad Street,
Suite 104,
San Luis Obispo,
CA 93401
(805) 439-4647
libbie@winehistoryproject.org
By Appointment
The Greeks were known for diluting their wine with water. There were two styles of wine making described in Greek literature: early harvest wines which were short lived and likely to sour and late harvest wines with high alcohol and a sweet rich taste....
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When did man meet the vine and start making wine? It happened long, long ago. Archaeological evidence indicated that wine making has been around at least 8,000 years. Ancient clay pots, known as Kvevri, have been found in the Transcaucasus region. There...
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Remember Sunday School and all the Bible Stories we listened to? No? Well, surely you remember Noah, the ship builder and sailor, who loaded his wife and the animals two by two onto his ark to save them from the giant flood. The Book of Genesis in the...
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Sarah Lohman is a culinary historian the author of Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine. Sarah is a Food History Project advisor. She visits the Central Coast multiple times a year to conduct Food History Week lectures and events.
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A guide to making wine in small batches for home consumption or for testing winemaking for commercial production. The author cheerfully offers what information he possesses. On February 15, 1868, the Pioneer published a piece titled “Wine Making on a Small Scale.” The...
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Have you ever wondered what varieties of grapes were first found growing on the Central Coast? There are documents from the days of Spanish explorers, dating from the 1500s, that describe several species of native grapes (Vitis californica and Vitis girdiana) that...
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The large groups of farmers arriving in San Luis Obispo County in the 1870s faced numerous challenges: selecting the location of land for their homes and fields, finding sources of water, learning about weather, crops, and soil. One hundred and fifty years later, we...
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A continually updated resource of publications, both general and local, blogs, and podcasts related to food history.
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