Napa Green Certified Winery & Vineyard

A family farming for over 100 years does so only through constant reinvestment in the environment and the people that support it. Knowledge and abilities evolve over time. Constant improvement means always trying new things and keeping what works. An excellent example of this methodology is the Napa Green program, which began over a decade ago. Tom Gamble was privileged to be a part of their original drafting. These voluntary programs satisfy the most stringent requirements in the most environmentally conscious state – California.

National Parks Conservation Association

More than a century ago, visionaries with a passion for America’s national parks saw the need for a strong, independent voice speaking out on their behalf. With the strength of more than 1.6 million members and supporters, the National Parks Conservation Association is that voice — and on May 19, 2019 we celebrated 100 years of working to protect places of unparalleled natural wonder, historical significance and cultural value.

Copper

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Napa’s First Mill

George Calvert Yount, the first Euro-American Napa settler, wandered westward across the continent after the War of 1812 and in exchange for services rendered, received a Napa land grant of approximately 11,000 acres from the Mexican governor, General Mariano Vallejo of Alta, California in 1834. Yount granted his mill keeper a small parcel of land bound by Napa River and Conn Creek, upon which the owners of Gamble Family Vineyards now reside. Though no remains of Yount’s original mill exist today, his memory has honored many folds, including a Napa Valley town in his name. In the years to follow, Yount gifted his granddaughters and their husbands land and later established the village of Rutherford. Their vineyards produced the first quality grapes in the area and paved the road to build the renowned Inglenook Winery.

The Remaining Mill

In 1841, Dr. Edwin Bale, an Englishman and chief military surgeon to General Vallejo, received a grant of land between what is now St. Helena and Calistoga. An untimely death left his widow (and General Vallejo’s niece) Maria Sobrantes to become the new mill keeper. She successfully operated the mill and became the wealthiest person in the region. Decades later, Charles Krug married Bale’s daughter, Carolina, whose 540 acre dowry became the site of Charles Krug winery in 1861, producing the first sophisticated Napa Valley wines.

Mill Wheel

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Harvest

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Wine Thief

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Press

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