Before there were vineyards in every valley north of San Francisco, before Napa and Sonoma were household names before there was a California wine world at all, there was Buena Vista. Founded in 1857, and spanning from Sonoma and into Napa, Buena Vista is California’s first premium winery, and its history is as colourful as it is proud. Today, the legend has been re-born under the vision of Jean-Charles Boisset. Just outside the town of Sonoma, the original winery is now a California Historic Landmark. Chateau Buena Vista, located in the heart of downtown Napa, is the realization of a dream to re-establish the winery with a permanent destination in Napa Valley.
