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Category: Wine – 20th Century History

  • Wine - 1900s & 1910s History
The Gold Rush, Restaurants, Grapes And Prohibition

The Gold Rush, Restaurants, Grapes And Prohibition

Oct 23, 2024 | , , , , , | 0 |

Located near the northeastern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, between the Presidio of San Francisco and the Mission San Francisco de Asis, was a Spanish settlement, Yerba Buena. This settlement was originally established as a trading post for ships visiting the Bay area. Yerba Buena grew to become the great city of San Francisco. The Alcalde or mayor of Yerba Buena issued a proclamation renaming the town San Francisco on January 30, 1847. In 1848 the population of the newly-named town of San Francisco was about 1,000.

  • Wine - 1920s & 1930s History
  • Wine - 1940s & 1950s History
  • Wine - 1960s History
  • Wine - 1970s History
  • Wine - 1980s History
The Tobias Vineyard

The Tobias Vineyard

Nov 20, 2020 | | 0 |

The first vintage of Tobias 1980 Zinfandel won gold medals at the Santa Barbara County Fair and the San Luis Obispo County Fair. Tobias Vineyard was the smallest winery in San Luis Obispo County at the time.

  • Wine - 1990s History
Wines in the White House – Talley Vineyards served in the Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations

Wines in the White House – Talley Vineyards served in the Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations

Oct 13, 2020 | , , | 0 |

The wines of San Luis Obispo County have traveled to Washington D.C. to be served at inaugurations, celebrations, state and holiday luncheons, and family dinners at the White House and Camp David during the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. This series of articles celebrates the wineries and winemakers who produced these historic wines.