Bill Loftin wrote:
> Hunt wrote:
>> At one time, Buena Vista did some nice wines, but I'm not sure about
>> the 1991, and Carneros is usually a bit cool for Cab, having gone
>> almost entirely over to Chard and PN, though maybe up the valley in
>> the highlands, Cab could ripen. Lately, Buena Vista, probably owned
>> now by some conglomerate, is seen as a "value" wine, but I have yet to
>> find the value.
>
> Buena Vista was purchased by a German company that I think was in the
> pharmaceutical business back in the mid-80s. They installed a German
> wine maker who was a very young female that changed most of their wines.
> It really went down the drain in a hurry. More than likely they sold out
> to some wine conglomerate in the early 90s.
> That was one of the original if not the original California winery other
> than what the missionaries might have started. Agostine Haraszthy
> founded it I think and Tschelistcheff worked there for a lot of years.
> Their tasting room is open but I don't think that they actually make
> wine there.


Sad how things change. We stopped at Buena Vista in 1998. Can't remember
the wines, but I do remember the table on their patio permanently
reserved for Agoston Haraszthy.

Dick R.