19 Rutherford AVA DESIGNATED 1993 Rutherford, one of 16 American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) of Napa, was first deeded to early Napa Valley settler George C. Yount from General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo in 1838. Yount then gifted a 1,040-acre lot to his granddaughter and her husband, Thomas Rutherford, as a wedding gift. Thomas Rutherford established himself as a grower and producer of high-quality wines during the late 1800s. Rutherford is known for the quality soil referred to as the “Rutherford Dust,” which produces excellent cabernet grapes. INGLENOOK WINERY Inglenook was founded in 1879 by ship captain and fur trader Gustave Niebaum. Wines from Inglenook soon became widely known for their high quality. In 1975, Francis Ford Coppola purchased the winery with the proceeds from “The Godfather.” Coppola’s team produced their first vintage of Rubicon Cabernet in 1978, which aptly means “point of no return,” which has summarized Coppola’s legacy and the history of Inglenook Winery. RAYMOND The Raymond family managed 90 acres in Rutherford in 1970. Five generations of the Raymond family cared for the land with a holistic approach to making great wine. Today the winery is owned by Jean-Charles Boisset who continues the legacy on 300 acres. BEAULIEU VINEYARD (BV) Beau lieu translates to “beautiful place” in French. In 1900, Beaulieu Vineyard started as a four-acre ranch that flourished rapidly in the winemaking industry by importing phylloxera-resistant roots from Europe. The winery survived prohibition by making sacramental wine. Andre Tchelistcheff, considered the father of Napa Valley winemaking, brought a French chemist enology approach to winemaking to Beaulieu Vineyard in 1937 and later became renowned for the first Napa cult wine, the Georges de Latour private reserve cabernet.
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