14 Oak Knoll District AVA CONTINUED TREFETHEN FAMILY VINEYARDS Hidden behind the many oak trees in this AVA resides a large brown building: the Trefethen Family Vineyards. Originally dubbed Eshcol Ranch, a winery established in 1886 at the old Oak Knoll train station, Trefethen Family Vineyards is now on the National Register of Historic Places. The winery produces nine different varietals of grapes for their wine. In over 50 years of fine wine crafting, the Trefethen family has never used a single grape from a vineyard they did not own. Janet Trefethen was a pioneer in the wine and food pairing world and created the Napa Valley Cooking Class in 1973. Hailey Trefethen helps care for the bees in the estate hives and assists in the viticulture aspects. The Trefethen credo is, “One family, one estate, one passion.” Almost lost forever to the 6.0-magnitude 2014 South Napa earthquake, the historic winery building was near collapse. The family spared no effort to revive the building and restore it for the next 100 years.
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