Craighead Vineyards
- AVA
- Russian River Valley
- Decade
- 1870s
- County
- Sonoma
- Sub-Appellation
- Santa Rosa De Laguna
- Current Owner
- Byron & Louise Craighead
- Planted by
- Unknown
- Location Notes
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2170 Laguna Road, Santa Rosa
- Wineries
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SRJC Shone Farm
- Historical Producers
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Martini & Prati Winery, Joseph Swan Winery (1993-1996)
- Characteristics
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The wine is intense and exotic, with a mouthful of concentrated cranberry and a cherry-tobacco nose. Rod Berglund of J. Swan Winery nicknamed it “the wild thing” in 1995.
- Description
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The vineyard’s age alone makes it very interesting, having been planted in 1873. Noted as the oldest recorded vineyard in Sonoma County and the 3rd oldest recorded in California.
- Phone
- 707-544-9415
- Submitted by
- Byron Craighead
- Certified