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The Oldest Premium Winery in California Was Started by a Count

In the 1850s, a flamboyant Hungarian immigrant arrived in Sonoma, bought hundreds of acres, and started calling himself the Count of Buena Vista. He also set out to prove California could make world-class wine. Agoston Haraszthy’s winery is still pouring today. Founded in 1857, Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma is billed as California’s oldest premium […]

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