Zinfandel made San Luis Obispo County famous! This exhibit explores the unique characteristics of the Zinfandel grape and the famous growers and winemakers over the last 150 years who planted Zinfandel, made extraordinary wine, and reshaped local history, including A.B. Hasbrouck, Henry Ditmas, Bill and Nancy Greenough. the York family, Bill York, the Dusi Family, Richard Sauret, Gary Eberle, Tom Myers, and Janell Dusi.

ZIN_SLO TitlePanel

1. Panel Title Panel With Zinfandel Grapes Featured

Written comments about the Zinfandel grapes and the early history of Zinfandel in California, note the description of the grapes.

ZinfandelCharacteristicsPanel

2. Panel Characteristics Of Zinfandel Grapes.

Written comments on the early grape growers and winemakers who settled in the 1840s and 1850s in the Upper Arroyo Grande Valley.

Interior DitmasHistoryPanel

3. Panels Of A. B. Hasbrouck

Interior DitmasHistoryPanel

4. Panel Of Henry Ditmas

BillGreenoughPanel

5. Panel Of Nancy And Bill Greenough

Written comments about the early grape growers and winemakers in North County.

BillYorkPanel

6. Panel Showing Bill York

1Interior YorkHistoryPanel 1

7. Panel About York Family

2Interior YorkHistoryPanel2

8. Panel About York Family

3InteriorYorkHistoryPanel

9. Panel About York Family

Written comment about the importance of growers of Zinfandel.

Written comments about the 1970s and 1980s.

Interior HasbrouckHistoryPanel

12. Joint Timeline

EberlePanel

13. Panel On Gary Eberle

Written comments about the 1970s and 1980s.

TomMyersPanel

14. Panel On Tom Myers

JanellDusiPanel

15. Panel On Janell Dusi

Written comments on Zinfandel in the 19870s and 1980s. View the legends: Richard Sauret, the Dusi Family, Gary Eberle, Tom Myers, and York Family.

Documentary films about the legends – click here