Inglenook Winery

Infobox Winery
winery_name = Inglenook Winery
winery_
location_city = Rutherford, California
location_country = USA
appellation = Rutherford AVA
former_name =
other_labels=
year_founded = 1879
first_vintage =
key_people = Mark Ebaugh, Winemaker
parent_company = Constellation Brands
cases_per_year =
signature_wine = White Zinfandel
varietal1 = Cabernet Sauvignon
varietal2 = Burgundy
varietal3 = Chardonnay
varietal4 = Merlot
varietal5 = Syrah
varietal6 = Sauvignon Blanc
varietal7 = Chardonnay
varietal8 = Chenin Blanc
varietal9 =
varietal10 =
other_product1= Burgundy
other_product2= Chianti
other_product3= Chablis
other_product4=
other_product5=
homepage= [http://www.inglenook.com www.inglenook.com]
distribution
tasting= The Inglenook Winery produced estate bottled wines in Rutherford, California in the Napa Valley. The winery was founded in 1879 by a Finnish Sea Captain Gustave Niebaum. Niebaum died in 1908 and the winery was shut down during Prohibition. Upon repeal of Prohibition, Niebaum's widow Suzanne Niebaum reopened Inglenook and brought in a viticulture and enology to upgrade the winemaking system. Niebaum's great-nephew John Daniel Jr. took over operations in 1939, and by the 1940s Inglenook's wines once again were declared by many to be the best in the Valley. More than convert|1500|acre|km2 of the property were acquired by Francis Ford Coppola in 1975 with profits of his film, "The Godfather". [cite news|accessdate=2007-11-13|publisher=Bloomberg|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aaWy8QkACw.s&refer=culture|title=Francis Coppola Revamps His Wine Business Again|author=John Mariani|date=August 2, 2006] The brand name and the remaining 94 acres, including the historic winery, were bought by Heublein, Inc., which began making lower quality wines produced elsewhere under the Inglenook label. [cite news|url=http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-review/506/Berger-Merger.html|publisher=Appellation America|accessdate=2007-11-13|title=How Corporate Consolidation of the Wine Business Is Affecting What’s in the Bottle|author=Dan Berger|date=November 12, 2007] Heublin was later bought by RJR Nabisco, then sold to Grand Metropolitan in 1987. Heublein sold the winery to the Canandaigua Wine Company (which later became Constellation Brands) in 1994. [cite news|accessdate=2007-11-13|publisher=New York Times|date=June 24, 1994|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE0D91E3DF937A15755C0A962958260|title=Wine brands are bought] Canandaigua consolidated winemaking operations elsewhere, and sold the remaining acreage and winery to Coppola in 1995. Coppola later renamed it the Rubicon Estate Winery. [cite news|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=2007-11-13|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E3DB1139F933A25754C0A960958260| title=A Director's Vision for Celebrating Food, Wine and Film|author=Suzanne Hamlin|date=July 10, 1996] Constellation Brands continues to make a "value wine" under the Inglenook label, via its Centerra Wine subsidiary. [cite web|accessdate=2007-11-13|url=http://www.cwine.com/index.jsp?link=ourbrands/Inglenook/Inglenook.htm|title=Our Brands:Inglenook|publisher=Centerra Wine]

ee also

* California wine

References

External links

* [http://www.inglenook.com Inglenook official site]
* [http://www.rubiconestate.com/site.php Rubicon Estate Winery]
* [http://www.calarchives4u.com/Biographies/napa/napa-nieb.htm Article detailing construction of Inglenook cellar]