Although he began growing grapes on the ranch in 1993, and made his own wine, he had not opened up a commercial winery.
Vevay has a reputation as being home of the first commercial winery in the United States.
Most commercial wineries do not add more than 30ppm at bottling.
Iowa is home to nearly 95 commercial wineries.
Before 1920, there were more than 2,500 commercial wineries in the United States.
In 1980, the state had two commercial wineries.
About 40 commercial wineries are within a 20-mile radius of the earthquake epicenter.
Parducci remained the only commercial winery in Mendocino until the late 1960s.
It is the oldest commercial winery in California.
John Patchett opened the first commercial winery in the county in 1859.