Tag: fourth generation

A family legacy spanning four generations and more than 100 years provides the backbone for RoxyAnn Winery. Its 70-acre estate vineyard is situated on a portion of the Rogue Valley’s famed 200-acre Hillcrest Orchard, which has been farmed by Jack Day’s family since 1908. The orchard was dedicated to the production of pears until Jack, a member of the family’s third generation, decided to pursue his vision of growing winegrapes on the property.

This Year, Seghesio Family Vineyards marks its 120th anniversary. Not many Northern California wineries have roots that run this deep, but the story of the Seghesio family, their vineyards, and their wines belong to the whole of Sonoma County.

The story begins in 1895, when an Italian immigrant and winemaker, Edoardo Seghesio, planted his first Zinfandel vines in what is now Seghesio’s Home Ranch Vineyard in Alexander Valley. Edoardo and his wife Angela crushed their first grapes in 1902 and continued to acquire vineyard land—including the Chianti Station Vineyard, which now contains the oldest planting of Sangiovese in North America— through Prohibition.