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Vineyards with Pedigrees

Los Angeles Times

May 11, 2005

A historic land registry seeks to preserve Napa Valley's agrarian identity and its marketability.

About 170 years ago, a mountain man named George Yount settled in central Napa Valley on a large tract of land granted by the Mexican government. Between hunting grizzly bears and fighting the native Wappo and La Jota tribes, he established a farm that included a small vineyard- Napa Valley’s first grapevines. Today three Yountville-area...