Wine Blog - Great Wine Source » prairie du sac http://greatwinesource.com/blog Basic information about wine, wine education and wine business discussions Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:31:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 This just in … from Wine Enthusiast Magazine http://greatwinesource.com/blog/201003/california-wine-industry/ http://greatwinesource.com/blog/201003/california-wine-industry/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:36:44 +0000 greatWineSource http://greatwinesource.com/blog/201003/this-just-in-from-wine-enthusiast-magazine/ California’s wine industry first took root in … Wisconsin?

Risa Wyatt in the March 2010 Wine Enthusiast Magazine provided a fun bit of history on a “viticultural visionary” (p. 19).

Agoston Haraszthy (regarded as the father of California viticulture) established Buena Vista vineyards in Sonoma County in 1857, but prior to heading out west, stopped by our great state of Wisconsin and planted vineyards by the Wisconsin River in Prairie du Sac. The grapes did not survive our winters, but his vision lives on in Wollersheim Winery. Wollersheim stands on property formerly owned by Haraszthy, but now owned and run by Julie (Wollersheim) and her husband Phillipe Coquard. Wollersheim produces 20 different grape wines and uses the caves dug by Haraszthy.

Who would’ve thunk it?

Cheers to full glasses all around!

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