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Freemark Abbey Winery

Winery in the United States

Field	Value
winery_name	Freemark Abbey Winery
location_city	St. Helena, California
location_country	USA
appellation	St. Helena AVA
former_name	Tychson Cellars, Lombarda Cellars
other_labels
year_founded	1886
key_people	Ted Edwards, Winemaker Emeritus
Kristy Melton, Winemaker
parent_company	Jackson Family Wines
cases_per_year	40,000
signature_wine	Bosché Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
varietal1	Cabernet Sauvignon
varietal2	Merlot
varietal3	Sauvignon blanc
varietal7	Viognier
varietal10	Chardonnay
homepage	http://www.freemarkabbey.com
distribution	national
tasting	Open to Public

Kristy Melton, Winemaker

Freemark Abbey Winery, located between St. Helena and Calistoga in California's Napa Valley, traces its roots to 1886. Today, Freemark Abbey produces Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc, as well as very limited production wines, such as Viognier, Malbec, and Cabernet Franc. Depending on conditions, the winery sometimes makes a late harvest Riesling known as "Edelwein Gold".

History

The winery was first built by Josephine Marlin Tychson, one of the first women to build and operate a winery in the state.{{Cite journal

In 1939, three businessmen from Southern California, Albert "Abbey" Ahern, Charles Freeman and Markquand Foster purchased Lombarda Cellars. Together they reopened the winery and renamed it Freemark Abbey (a combination which includes a portion of each partner's name). During the 1940s and 1950s the partners sold the majority of their wines to retail outlets in San Francisco. The winery went through several hands in the early 1960s before being purchased by a group of seven partners in 1966. After the purchase, the new owners made major improvements to the facility. This core group owned the winery until 2001 when they sold it to The Legacy Estate Group. In March 2005 the Legacy Estate Group overreached and tried to consolidate Arrowood and Byron into one group. Eight months later, in November 2005, the Legacy Estate group went bankrupt and sold its assets in an auction. Freemark Abbey is now a part of Jackson Family Wines, which is owned by the family of the late Jess Jackson.

References

Charles A. Carpy, "Viticulture and Enology at Freemark Abbey," an oral history conducted in 1993 by Carole Hicke, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. 1994. https://archive.org/stream/viticultureenology00carprich/viticultureenology00carprich_djvu.txt

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