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San Antonio Winery

American winery located in California

Field	Value
winery_name	San Antonio Winery
winery_logo	[[Image:San Antonio Winery-Los Angeles.jpg	280px	Plaque on the outside of the tourist shop and restaurant at the San Antonio Winery.]]
location_city	Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California
location_country	United States
location
appellation	California wine
other_labels
year_founded	1917
varietal1	Cabernet Sauvignon
varietal2	Chardonnay
varietal3	Merlot
varietal4	Pinot noir
varietal5	Sauvignon blanc
varietal6	Syrah
homepage	sanantoniowinery.com
{{Designation list	embed	yes	designation1=Los Angeles	designation1_date=September 14, 1966	designation1_number=42}}
distribution	International

The San Antonio Winery is a winery in the Lincoln Heights district in the city of Los Angeles It has operated since 1917 just east of downtown at 737 Lamar Street, south of North Main Street. The winery includes a wine and gift shop, restaurant, and various rooms available for private events.

The winery uses grapes from the 500 acre Riboli family farm in Monterey, a smaller Napa Valley vineyard, and contracts with other Californian growers. Besides the bottling and distribution at the original winery site, they have an energy-efficient winemaking facility in Paso Robles and opened a tasting room there in 2016. San Antonio produces varietal, table wines, and dessert wines, both red and white.

History

In 1917, Santo Cambianica, an Italian man from the northern Italy province of Lombardy, immigrated to Los Angeles and started the winery at its current location. Hoping for good luck, he dedicated the winery to Saint Anthony (in Italian: San Antonio) by naming it as such. When Prohibition was enacted in 1920, Cambianica asked for permission from the Catholic Church to continue operating his winery for communion wine. They also sold grapes to home wine makers. The winery has been declared as historical monument #42 in the city of Los Angeles.

Brands

San Antonio Winery produces and markets several wine brands.

Stella Rosa is one of the best-selling brands of semi-sweet wine in the United States. In 2020, according to data analysis from Nielsen, the Stella Rosa brand was the seventh most popular wine by total sales, and #1 fastest growing wine. The grapes for Stella Rosa wines are sourced from the Asti region of Piedmont, Italy, where the wines are fully produced. They undergo arrested fermentation via a process called the Charmat method to produce a frizzante texture.

References

Berger, Dan. (September 29, 1988). "SAN ANTONIO : Riboli Family Reshapes Its Winery's Image". [[Los Angeles Times]].
Hansen, Barbara. (January 22, 1998). "San Antonio Winery: A Barrel of Good Food". [[Los Angeles Times]].
Buffalo, Sally. (September 7, 2016). "San Antonio Winery unveils new Paso winery and winemaker". [[San Luis Obispo Tribune]].
Morrison, Patt. (November 1, 2022). "Long before citrus reigned in Southern California, L.A. made wine. Lots of it". Los Angeles Times.
"Top 25 Brands in Nielsen Channels".
Bell, words: Emily. (2020-01-24). "13 Things You Should Know About Stella Rosa".

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