Many adhere to the view of cyclical life. This holds true for Atlas Peak. During the 19th century, Napa Valley played winter refuge to the groups of nomadic miners that traveled across California. Atlas Peak was originally a luxurious vacation spot beginning Napa Soda Springs at its foot. Its notoriety grew, culminating with a visit from the 23rd President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, in 1894. Building upon this success, the first grapes were planted in 1875 and they were mainly shipped to outlying wineries.
Prohibition began the downward curve of the cycle. It brought a halt to the grape harvest, causing many farmers to change to another crop or worse, let their vines die. The first vines were replanted in 1940, beginning a rise that progressed slowly until 1981 when large plantings began and again in 1985 with the arrival of Atlas Peak Winery, the appellation’s first winery. Today things are full circle. Atlas Peak not only produces their own wines, they source grapes to many wineries in Napa Valley.
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Dr. Jan Krupp was an internist in Pinole and a hobby home winemaker when he figured what he needed was a backyard vineyard. The notion led him in 1991 to the Napa Valley and a 41-acre site in a remote area northeast of Napa, near Atlas Peak. This would be where he could indulge his love of growing, plant cabernet sauvignon and merlot and try to find some balance to his busy medical life. But it wouldn't be long before folks started lining up to buy grapes off of Krupp's property and he figured maybe he could grow the vineyard into an even bigger business. So when, in 1995, a shrubby, boulder-strewn 750 acres became available up the road, he did what no one else was brave enough to do . . . | Hollywood comes to Napa | ||
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Dreaming of a career in motion pictures? You may not have to journey to Southern California to get started. You could go instead to the Northern California Screenwriters and Filmmakers Expo and Pitch Fest, running Friday through Sunday, March 26-28, at the Silverado Resort, 1600 Atlas Peak Road, Napa. Find out what it takes, and if you have what it takes, from people who know. “This is the newest attempt to help catapult Northern California into the Hollywood Film industry,” said Dan Mustaro for Northern California Screenwriters. “This is big because a lot of Hollywood people are looking at this to see whether we can make a success of it or not. It’s also neat that Hollywood is, even for three days, coming to Wine Country.” On both Friday and Saturday, there will be classes and presentations by Oscar-winning screenwriter Bobby Moresco (“Crash,” “Million Dollar Baby”); acting coaches Howard Fine and Scott Sedita, Sonoma County movie “trailer” maker Tony Seiniger and other industry insiders . . . More from: THE PRESS DEMOCRAT |
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Dreaming of a career in motion pictures? You may not have to journey to Southern California to get started. You could go instead to the Northern California Screenwriters and Filmmakers Expo and Pitch Fest, running Friday through Sunday, March 26-28, at the Silverado Resort, 1600 Atlas Peak Road, Napa. Find out what it takes, and if you have what it takes, from people who know. “This is the newest attempt to help catapult Northern California into the Hollywood Film industry,” said Dan Mustaro for Northern California Screenwriters. “This is big because a lot of Hollywood people are looking at this to see whether we can make a success of it or not. It’s also neat that Hollywood is, even for three days, coming to Wine Country.” On both Friday and Saturday, there will be classes and presentations by Oscar-winning screenwriter Bobby Moresco (“Crash,” “Million Dollar Baby”); acting coaches Howard Fine and Scott Sedita, Sonoma County movie “trailer” maker Tony Seiniger and other industry insiders . . . More from: THE PRESS DEMOCRAT |
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