12/20 - Ted Seghesio , Brian Clark,

 Ted Seghesio Winemaker - Seghesio Family Vineyards

While our family only began bottling wine under the Seghesio name in 1983, our parents and grandparents have been an integral and evolving part of California's wine:
1886 - Edoardo Seghesio immigrates to Sonoma County, Italy.
1886 - Edoardo Seghesio winemaker at Italian Swiss Colony
1894- Edoardo marries Angela Vasconi
1895- The young couple purchases a modest home on 56 acres of prime vineyard land in Northern Alexander Valley. The Home Ranch is planted to Zinfandel.
1902- Construction of Seghesio Winery is completed
1903- Wines are shipped via the railroad and sold in San Francisco 
1910- Additional land is purchased surrounding the train station in Chianti, California where Edoardo plants Sangiovese and the Chianti Field blend. This Chianti Station vineyard is America’s oldest planting of the varietals.
1919 The Seghesio's disbelief that Prohibition would be enacted prompted them to purchase Italian Swiss Colony and its 1100 acres six months prior to its start.
1942- River Road Vineyard in Alexander Valley purchased.
1949- The Seghesio Family purchases the Scatena Winery in Healdsburg at auction and moves the majority of its operation there.
1957- Cortina Vineyard in Dry Creek Valley purchased.
1961- Keyhole Ranch in Russian River Valley purchased
1961 - 1979The Seghesio Family produces wine from 50% of the red grapes grown in Sonoma County and sells to large wineries such as Krug, Martini, Almaden and Roma.
1971- Lone Oak Vineyard in Alexander Valley purchased
1995- The Seghesio family celebrates 100 years as winegrowers

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