Did you know that the main fruit crop in Napa Valley back in the 1940′s was prunes?  I think the PC name these days is dried plums – but still – PRUNES?

Thomas Jefferson helped stock the wine cellars of the first five U.S. Presidents.  His favorite wines were Bordeaux and Madeira.  I knew he was a cool guy.

In the late 1800′s George de Latour came from France to to California as a gold prospector.  Did not find any gold, but what he did found was Beaulieu Vineyard.

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