Etienne Nicolas (1870-1960) guided the Nicolas stores after 1922 through a major expansion after World War I. For one thing, he purchased quarries in Charenton outside of Paris which would house the substantial reserve stocks of Bordeaux and other French wines acquired by the firm.
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Throughout 2023 the Wine History Project presented an exhibit How the Italians Changed the Landscape and Wine Culture of San Luis Obispo County: 1900 to the Present. It opened January 27, 2023 in the Wine History Gallery at the Paso Robles History Museum. Here are the objects from our collections which were displayed in that exhibit.
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The David and Judy Breitstein historic collection catalog includes bottles exhibited at both the CIA at Copia in downtown Napa and the historic Barrel Room at CIA Greystone in St. Helena. A large percentage of these bottles are exhibited at CIA at Copia.
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The Central Coast of California has an abundance of award-winning wineries and vineyards and provides opportunities for real-world experiences for students of Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo to research viticulture and winemaking on the Fountain vineyard on the Cal Poly campus, and to seek internships at local vineyards and winery. Research and intern. The students also have the newest state of the art facility in the United States on campus. In the Fall of 2020, a new JUSTIN AND J. LOHR Center for Wine and Viticulture opened on the Cal Poly campus. The Center “includes a state-of-the-art, 5,000-case bonded 15,600-square-foot Winery,” according to the department’s website and includes barrel rooms, a bottling room, a fermentation hall, and a research lab.
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Each grapevine will produce about 10 pounds of grapes. It has always been important to know what the yield is from the vineyards. Weighing the grapes is essential also because grapes sell today for thousands per ton. More grapes are being shipped through interstate commerce. Commercial sales are under the jurisdiction of the government, and there are a host of rules and regulations. There are legalities of being “commercially compliant.”
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