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Bouchaine is the oldest continuously operating winery in the Carneros District – a winery that began making wine long before the region earned its reputation for producing the great Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays of Carneros today. In fact, the roots of Bouchaine go back to a previous era – a glorious time for wine in the Napa Valley, long before Prohibition.
The land was first owned by a Missouri native with the rather remarkable name of Boon Fly. Fly grew grapes and fruit trees on the property in the late 1880s. A treasured auction flier from May 14, 1887 advertises the sale of some of the 900 acres of the Fly property. In touting the land’s promise for grape growing, it notes that a buyer could plant a vineyard for the modest sum of under $40 an acre.
In 1929, an Italian winemaker named Johnny Garetto purchased the parcel that is today’s Bouchaine. Beringer Winery subsequently bought the estate from Garetto in 1951 and used it as a storage and blending facility until 1981, when a partnership that included the current owners, Gerret and Tatiana Copeland, purchased the winery and surrounding vineyards. At the time, only a few winemaking pioneers realized the potential for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in Carneros. And by appearance, this muddy Carneros property, with its derelict aging-cellars and its ramshackle sheds, hardly inspired optimism. In 1991 a major renovation began and the winery was completely rebuilt from top to bottom. Old redwood tanks were deconstructed and re-milled as exterior siding for the winery and offices, while a broad green roof finished the elegant but rustic look. At the same time, the estate vineyards were almost entirely replanted due to damage caused by phylloxera. This allowed the winery to choose a broad spectrum of rootstocks and clones, giving the winemaker a wonderful palette from which to create his wines.
In 1995, additional vineyard property adjoining the winery was purchased, giving Bouchaine more than 100 acres of estate vineyards in Carneros. Famed winery executive and winemaker Michael Richmond also joined Bouchaine as winemaker in 2002. His approach focuses on the grapes themselves, carefully blending the various vineyard blocks to create wines that capture the elegance of Burgundy and the exuberance of Napa.
For the past 27 years, the walls of Bouchaine have witnessed the remarkable development of the Carneros District, from an unknown rustic region of farmland to America’s leading producer of Burgundian varietals.Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeHyde Vineyard San Francisco Chronicle on Hyde Vineyard
On weinlagen-infoUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa / SonomaSONOMA: The Yorkville Highlands AVA, approved in 1998, is located in the southwestern corner of Mendocino County, between Sonoma County's Alexander Valley to the South and Mendocino County!s Anderson Valley to the North. The region is 25 miles long, roughly in the shape of rectangle and bisected by Highway 128 which runs the length of the AVA. The region!s terrain is hilly and forested, with elevations ranging from 1,078 to 2,442 feet above sea level.
The distinguishing features of the Yorkville Highlands AVA are rocky soils with a high gravel content and the climate, which is cooler than Alexander Valley but warmer than Anderson Valley, and significantly cooler at night than the surrounding areas.CarnerosStraddles the southern ends of Napa & Sonoma Counties. |
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