Trefethen Family Vineyards combines Napa tradition, PWC racing at Sonoma - NBCSports.com
– In more than 100 years dating to 1886, the tasting room at what has become the Trefethen Family Vineyards has stood unblemished, unaffected and as a symbol of pride for what has become one of America’s standout wineries. “If that was going to happen, it happened at the best possible time,” says Lorenzo Trefethen, whose grandfather Eugene founded the winery in 1968 and who is embarking on his maiden season driving in PWC, bearing the family’s winery signage on his... And it happened in the calendar year, when we could still do something to rebuild awareness for the following year. While wineries are a dime a dozen in Napa Valley – there’s nearly 500 in and around the area in Sonoma – Trefethen’s is one of the first. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there were fewer than 25. But with a visionary plan for the area beyond just the near 600 acres of land at what had been the 19th century Eschol Winery, the Trefethen Family Vineyards grew into the place it is... It was in the late 1970s, only a handful of years after 1973 when the vineyard’s first commercial wine was produced, when Trefethen’s wines began to make their mark on the world stage. Its 1976 Chardonnay earned “Best Chardonnay in the World” honors at the 1979 Gault Millau World Wine Olympics in Paris. Source: motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com
