BECKSTOFFER HERITAGE VINEYARDS

Since its purchase of the historic Las Piedras Vineyard in St. Helena in 1983, Beckstoffer Vineyards has been committed to acquiring historic vineyards that produce wines of exceptional quality.

BOURN VINEYARD

Rows of vineyard grapevines, dormant in winter, stretch into the distance with green ground cover and a backdrop of dense trees and hills. An older man with a white mustache, wearing a dark suit, rests his chin on his hand while looking to the side.
Wooden sign for Aerial view of a vineyard with rows of grapevines, surrounded by trees and rolling hills under a partly cloudy sky.

Beckstoffer Bourn Vineyard was originally the vineyard of William Bowers Bourn II, considered the last Bonanza King of the California Gold Rush because of his ownership of the Empire Mine – the finest gold mine in California. Bourn is also credited with having built Greystone Cellars in St. Helena (currently the Culinary Institute of America Greystone). He purchased his vineyard in St. Helena in 1872 as a family home and much of the original vineyard land remains in the care of his descendants to this day. A portion of the original vineyard was purchased by Beckstoffer Vineyards in 2010. Planted with head-trained, old-growth Petite Syrah and clones of Cabernet Sauvignon.

Portrait: William Bowers Bourn

  • Appellation: St. Helena
  • Date Acquired: 2010
  • Gross Acreage: 13 Acres
  • Plantable Acreage: 12 Acres
  • Location: Just south of the town of St. Helena on the west side of Highway 29
  • Grape Varieties: Petite Sirah, Cabernet Sauvignon