D'Agostini Winery

Some of these vines are older than the state's interest in them. Adam Uhlinger, a Swiss immigrant, started the winery in 1856, cut the cellar walls from rock quarried in the hills behind it and hewed the beams by hand. That cellar is still in use and still part of the working winery, and the bronze says some of the original vines are still producing. The plaque itself is set in a stone surround built in the shape of a wine cask, spigot and all.

What the plaque says

D'AGOSTINI WINERY D'AGOSTINI WINERY WAS STARTED IN 1856 BY ADAM UHLINGER, A SWISS IMMIGRANT. THE ORIGINAL WINE CELLAR, WITH WALLS MADE FROM ROCK QUARRIED FROM NEARBY HILLS, HAND HEWN BEAMS, AND OAK CASKS, IS STILL IN USE AND PART OF THE PRESENT WINERY. SOME ORIGINAL VINES ARE STILL IN PRODUCTION. CALIFORNIA REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 762 PLAQUE PLACED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARK COMMISSION IN COOPERATION WITH THE JAMES W. MARHALL CHAPTER NO. 49, E CLAMPUS VITUS, SEPTEMBER 16, 1961.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park — 20 mi
  The tailrace at Coloma where a carpenter found gold in January 1848 and the world came running.

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