Picchetti Brothers Winery

Picchetti Brothers Winery

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nearest_city= Cupertino, California
lat_degrees = 37 | lat_minutes = 17 | lat_seconds = 45.45 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 122 | long_minutes = 5 | long_seconds = 16.32 | long_direction = W
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built = 1880
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added = May 10, 1979
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refnum=79000545 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2006-03-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
The Picchetti Brothers Winery, also known as the Picchetti Ranch, is a winery located at 13100 Montebello Rd., Cupertino, California in the Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve. The Picchetti bothers, Secondo and Vincenso, for whom the ranch was named, were among the earliest settlers to plant grapes on this ridge, which they named "Monte Bello" or "beautiful mountain." This ridge was later to become one of Santa Clara County's important vineyard areas.

The complex is composed of seven buildings built between 1880 and 1920, which retain their original design details. Vincenso and Secundo Picchetti settled on Montebello ridge in 1877 and purchased an initial 160 acres (64.75 ha) for $1,500. The ranch expanded to 500 acres (202.34 ha) by 1904. The first house on the property was built around 1882, followed by a larger residence in 1886. Both homes, plus the stone winery, were in the Picchetti family until 1976.

The first grapes planted were Zinfandel, Carignane and Petite Sirah. At first, the brothers only sold the grapes to local wineries, but in 1896 they decided to make their own wine, becoming one of the early wineries in California (California Bonded Winery number 148).

Instrumental in establishing the Montebello School in 1892, Vincenso served on the first school board and supplied a room for a teacher at his ranch. Vineyards were the life blood of the town of Cupertino's early economy, although grape parasites destroyed many of the vines in the region in the 1890s.

Upon Vincenso's death in 1904, sons Antone and John ran the winery and ranch. The front porch of the main house was once screened in and acted as an aviary. Later John had numerous aviaries built - one of those aviaries still stands in front of the homestead house.

Commercial wine production ceased in 1963 due to a lack of profitability, and much of the land was sold to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. The Santa Clara County Historical Heritage Commission provided funding for the restoration of the winery building. The land produced wine from 1982 to 1998 as Sunrise Winery. In 1998, Leslie Pantling took over the winery and production has resumed to the tune of about 9,000 cases per year under the "Leslie's Estate" label.

Today the Picchetti ranch and winery on Montebello Road remain as evidence of a thriving viticulture industry in early Cupertino.

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*cite web | url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/santaclara/pic.htm | title=Picchetti Brothers Winery | work=California's Historic Silicon Valley | publisher=National Park Service | accessdate=2007-03-12

External links

* [http://www.picchetti.com/ Picchetti Brothers Winery]


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