Betty Ann Vineyard

AVA

Russian River Valley

Decade

1900s

County

Sonoma County

Sub-Appellation

Santa Rosa Plain

Current Owner

Clark and Bonny Lystra

Planted by

William Guptil

Location Notes

4721 Hall Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Wineries

Marchelle Wines (Greg La Follette)

Historical Producers

Korbel Winery (not sure about specific dates, but early- to mid-20th century) and possibly Gallo Wines.

Characteristics

These vines are reportedly some of the oldest French Colombard vines in Sonoma County. The previous owners spoke of their parents (who live on the property adjacent to Betty Ann Vineyard) talking with an older woman who visited the property in the 1970s who remembered picking grapes in the vineyard just after the 1906 earthquake.

Description

The variety is French Colombard or West’s White Prolific – 61 vines that still produce as a non-commercial vineyard.

The vines are planted on St. George rootstock with no trellising and are head-trained and dry-farmed.

Submitted by

Clark Lystra

Certified