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Sterling Vineyards

Field	Value
winery_name	Sterling Vineyards
winery_logo	[[Image:Sterling Vineyards logo.png]]
location_city	Calistoga, California
location_country	USA
appellation	Napa Valley AVA
other_labels
year_founded	1964
first_vintage	1969
key_people	Peter Newton, Founder; Harry Hansen , Winemaker
parent_company	Treasury Wine Estates
cases_per_year	400,000
signature_wine	Napa Cabernet
varietal1	Cabernet Sauvignon
varietal2	Merlot
varietal3	Chardonnay
varietal4	Sauvignon blanc
other_product1
homepage	http://www.sterlingvineyards.com/
distribution
tasting	tasting room

Sterling Vineyards is a winery near Calistoga, California, owned by Treasury Wine Estates. The winery achieved international recognition when its wine won first place in the Ottawa Wine Tasting of 1981.

Description

Visitors to the winery take a short cable car ride from the main entrance to the villa and distillery which sits upon a hill looking over the Napa Valley.

Sterling Vineyards farms 1200 acre of vines in various parts of Napa Valley. Production emphasizes Bordeaux and Burgundy-style wines, and is split in several tiers: the entry-level "Napa Valley" wines for which it is most famous, "Reserve" wines (their highest level), "Single Vineyard" wines (specialty wines for enthusiasts), "Vintner's Collection" (value wines for restaurants and mass distribution), and "Cellar Club" (limited production and eclectic wines for their wine club members).

Sterling Vineyards is a popular destination for tourists, in part for a gondola lift that shuttles visitors from a parking lot to the winery, which sits on a volcanic hill 300 ft above the valley floor. The building is designed to appear like the white villages of the Greek island Mykonos, and incorporates bells from St. Dunstans's in London, England, a church destroyed in World War II.

History

Last serving station on the wine tasting tour

English expatriate Peter Newton founded the company in 1964, with the first year of production in 1969. He planted Merlot and Chardonnay, now very common in Napa Valley, at a time most vineyards were focusing on Cabernet Sauvignon. Under long-time winemaker Ric Forman (later of Abreu Vineyards), they released California's first vintage-dated Merlot. The Coca-Cola Company bought the winery in 1977, in a short-lived attempt to enter the wine market. Seagram bought the winery in 1982, and was in turn purchased by Diageo in 2001. Treasury Wine Estates bought most of Diageo's US wines in 2016.

References

George M. Taber. (2005). "Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the historic 1976 Paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wine". Scribner, NY.
"Sterling Vineyards". Cellarnotes.
Linda Murphy. (December 8, 2005). "Winemaker of the Year:Duckhorn Takes Wing". San Francisco Chronicle.
Inc, M. Shanken Communications. (2015-10-14). "TWE To Acquire Diageo's Wine Business For $600 Million". Shanken News Daily.

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