History of Napa Wine

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History of Napa Wine:Charity:
"Napa" means a land of plenty. This part of world isA new face of Napa wine revealed in early 1980's
full of rivers, migrating birds especially waterfowls andwhen the Napa Valley auction was first time
the valley of greeneries with plenty of wildcats, elk,sponsored in Meadowood resort. Since then, this
black bear and grizzlies. But the most precious assetvintner’s fraternity-sponsored Napa Valley
of this valley is the winegrapes.The early visitors likewine and food festival has become the most
George Calvert found the valley's wine grapesuccessful charity wine event. Participants from
productivity skill. He took the initiative to harvestdifferent part of the world used to come here and
wine grapes in this valley in 1836.The other maincelebrate the fest. More than $60 million fund has
pioneers of this project were John patchett the firstbeen raised for the benefit of health, social affairs
person to plant vineyard commercially along withand youth programmes.
Hamilton Walker Crabb,who researched with overThese days’ total 300 wineries are operating
400 species of grape.in Napa Valley and both the growers and vintners are
The wine grape revolution was further carried byimplementing all the contemporary technologies
Charles Krug who started the winery business in 1861blended with age-old methods.
and according to the statistics there were almost 150Roles played by the Vintners to make Napa Wine
wineries working commercially by 1889.Some earlierpopular:
wineries were Schramsberg (founded in 1862),The vintners are a local business group with an
Beringer (1876) and Inglenook (1879).As the life is noteffective participation of more than 290 wineries,
always the bed of roses, the rapid growth of winepresenting the heritage of vintners and grape
industry faced the prices crash problem and thegrowers - working and wooing for the development
phylloxera - a North American species of insectsof this wine producing region.
gave a stunning blow to the vintners by attackingThe vineyards have been part of the Napa Valley for
the wide areas of wine grape.over 160 years. The first vineyards was planted in
Wine Prohibition and its after effect:1836 and the Napa town was established in 1848,at
The bigger threat faced by the Napa Valley's winethat time there were 70,000 vineyards which
business in 1920, with the enactment of Prohibition. Allenhanced to 2,00,000+ by 1860.Wines from
vineyards wereInglenook, Charles Krug, Beringer and others received
Dissipated by the owners and winemakers switchedthe international fame in the late 19th century.
to other businesses for next 14 years. SomeThe original activists of Napa Valley vintner's
surviving wineries were operating on Sacramentalfraternity often called themselves as a "food-loving
wine production. As a whole, the wine market ofand drinking society”. They set their focus more in
Napa Valley was flopped down. With the withdrawalhospitality and marketing services of Napa wine
of prohibition in 1933, the renaissance of Napa wineacross the world. It gives the Napa wine a unique
commenced with an era of recovery and followed byface throughout the world.
fabulous growth.Problems and Threats faced by the Napa Wine:
Early Vintners in Napa Valley:In addition to phylloxera attack and Prohibition in 1929
The wine history of Napa Valley witnessed anotherthere were some other problems faced by the Napa
turning point in early 1940; when a band of vintnerswine industries; such as the after war effects on the
meet together to share their own concepts on grapemarket. That time the industry was running out of
harvesting and wine marketing under a friendlycapital, human resources and raw materials. These
atmosphere with some good food and wine. Thisproblems were the reason behind the establishment
group established an association of Napa Valleyof Vintners association in 1943.
Vintners, a driving chamber of commerce devotedOfficial Target of Vintners fraternity:
for the advancement of Napa wine both in the1. Commitment to the future development of Napa
country and abroad.Valley's land, wine and society.
Napa Wine Growers:2. Providing a common and unified voice to uphold the
The grape growers of Napa Valley were not sointerests of the vintners.
organised before mid-70's.But things were changed in3. Meeting challenges threats more actively and
1975 when Napa Valley growers joined their handsinvent new ideas to make Napa Wine popular.
with the vintners to reach the common goal of