Inventory of the Rudolf Jordan Vintage Reports for Castle Rock Vineyard
Introductory material 1901-1935
Scope and Content Note
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
Sara Gunasekara
Department of Special Collections
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Creator:
Jordan, Rudolf
Title: Rudolf Jordan Vintage Reports for Castle Rock Vineyard
Date (inclusive): 1901-1935
Extent:
0.4 linear feet
Abstract: The Rudolf Jordan Vintage Reports for Castle Rock Vineyard provide general remarks on the overall weather conditions, duration
of vintage, general yield, condition of grapes, yeast, and sugar in wines as well as a chronological description of the vintage
for a Napa, California vineyard from 1906-1918.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as
many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special
Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-523
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
During the vintage of 1905, Rudolf Jordan and Ernest L. Streich, owner of Castle Rock Vineyard, discussed the subject of making
better wines with particular attention directed to the efforts made at the University of California regarding pure yeast and
cooling of musts as advised by Professors Cruess and Bioletti.
Jordan later authored
Quality in dry wines through adequate fermentations by means of defecation, aeration, pure yeast, cooling and heating: a manual
for progressive winemakers in California
(1911) based on observations he made at Castle Rock.
Castle Rock Vineyard, located in Napa County, California was sold in March 1921 to H.G. March.
Jordan's reports provide general remarks on the overall weather conditions, duration of vintage, general yield, condition
of grapes, yeast, and sugar in wines as well as a chronological description of the vintage at Castle Rock Vineyard from 1906-1918.
1918 was the last vintage described. In 1919 and 1920 the grapes were made into juice due to the passage of the Volstead Act.
Correspondence from Frederic T. Bioletti, William V. Cruess, and chemists Curtis & Tompkins is also included with the reports
as well as several newspaper and journal clippings, printed documents and pamphlets.
The reports are arranged chronologically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online
public access catalog.
Jordan, Rudolf
Bioletti, Frederic T. (Frederic Theodore), 1865-1939
Cruess, W. V. (William Vere), 1886-1968
Castle Rock Vineyard (Napa, Calif.)
Wine and wine making--California--Napa County
Collection is open for research.
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid.
Donated by Mrs. Jordan.
This collection has been microfilmed and is available in the Shields Library Microcopy Collection, Call Number TP558.C3 J6
1935 mf.
[Identification of item], Rudolf Jordan Vintage Reports for Castle Rock Vineyard, D-523, Department of Special Collections,
General Library, University of California, Davis.
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publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library,
University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
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Contains title Vintages at Castle Rock Vineyard, Napa Redwoods, California, 1906-1918: showing the merits of new methods by
the use of pure yeast, and treatment of the must by defecation, aeration, cooling and heating, as recommended by the University
of California: notes of manipulations by Rudolf Jordan Jr.
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