Saturday Madonna Estate celebrated its 100th anniversary as a winemaking family. Here are a few scenes from the party at their Carneros tasting room and winery.
Read more about their history here. The second oldest winemaking family in Napa, they were also among the first in Napa to be certified organic, back in 1991. They farm 150 acres in the Carneros today.
The family formerly farmed in under the name Mont St. John. See the timeline here.
They started growing wine grapes for home winemakers in 1922. By 1947 they were the 12th largest winery in California. They owned valuable Cabernet vineyards in Rutherford and Yountville, until these were sold in 1970. After the sale, Buck Bartolucci bought land in the Carneros, and now grows Pinot and Chardonnay.
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