This year, we’re raising our glasses to the remarkable journey of a winery that has shaped the past and promises to influence the future of winemaking. A Napa Valley landmark, Louis M. Martini Winery has been thriving for an astonishing 90 years.
The Start of a Legacy
It all started when Louis M. Martini traveled from Genoa, Italy, to the United States to join his father in San Francisco, later making his first wine in 1906. Today, Louis M. Martini Winery has established a legacy that encapsulates the enduring commitment and passion of the winemakers, growers, and enthusiasts behind the winery’s longevity and success.
The world-class winery was established in 1933 by the namesake founder, Louis M. Martini, who anticipated Prohibition’s repeal in the U.S. With the repeal ratified in December of that year, Louis M. Martini Winery was one of the first in the country to open.
This tradition of innovation has continued throughout the winery’s remarkable lifetime; in 1936 it was one of the first wineries to use cold fermentation, a process that helps preserve a wine’s fruit characteristics, and among the first to bottle a varietal Merlot in California. It continued to invest in the winemaking possibilities in the area by purchasing the Goldstein Ranch in Sonoma in 1938, renaming it Monte Rosso Vineyard. Louis P. Martini, who inherited the responsibility of winemaker from his father in 1954, was later inducted into the Vintner’s Hall of Fame as a “Pioneer” in the wine industry.
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