Birth of the American Wine Industry



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Participants

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1839/00/00 Brotherhood Winery produces its first documented vintage. Brotherhood Winery, Washingtonville
1856/00/00 Swiss immigrant, Adam Uhlinger, establishes D'Agostini Winery, now Sobon Estate, with grapevines he brought from Europe. Amador County,
1860/00/00 Pleasant Valley Winery in the Finger Lakes becomes the first bonded winery - approved by the government to operating legally in the United States.
1880/00/00 On the southern slopes of the Ozark Mountains, Swiss immigrant Johann Wiederkehr, makes wine from wild fruit and blackberries. After planting a small vineyard and testing different grapes he will he receive a patent on his Campbell Early mutation grape. Wiederkehr Wine Cellar, Altus
1881/00/00 Construction begins on the Germania Wine Cellars in Hammondsport, Urbana, New York. Germania Wine Cellars, Urbana

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