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Title: Cucamonga Winery Collection
Creator:
Cucamonga Winery
Identifier/Call Number: 0076
Contributing Institution:
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special Collections and
Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.63 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1933-2005
Abstract: The Cucamonga
Winery was a winery in Cucamonga, California - a community that became part of Rancho
Cucamonga in 1977. The winery operated from 1933 until 1975, although the winery partnered
with another winery in Elk Grove, California and continued to sell wine under the Cucamonga
Winery label until 1983. The collection contains photographs, pamphlets, original and
photocopies of wine labels, photocopies of trademark records, and other materials related to
the Cucamonga Winery.
The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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[Box/folder# or item name], Cucamonga Winery Collection, Collection no. 0076, Southern
California Wine and Wine Industry Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University
Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials in the collection were donated to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
by Edmund Accomazzo in 2002 and gathered from Special Collections' Southern California Wine
and Wine Industry Collection files.
The Cucamonga Winery was a winery founded in 1933 by Alfred Accomazzo, who came to the
United States from Italy in 1902. The winery was located in Cucamonga, California - a
community that later became part of Rancho Cucamonga in 1977. The Cucamonga Winery mostly
produced jug and table wines and it was believed to be the first winery to use Cucamonga in
its name. Cucamonga Winery also sold wines under other labels, including "Romano" in New
York state. Romano was the name of a big distributor in New York and the state was the
winery's largest market.
Accomazzo's nephew, Edmund, later took over operation of the winery along with Edmund's
cousin, Arthur. The winery lasted until 1975, although the Accomazzos partnered with another
winery in Elk Grove, California and continued to sell wine under the Cucamonga Winery label
until 1983. Edmund Accomazzo died in 2005.
The collection contains photographs, pamphlets, original and photocopies of wine labels
from various Cucamonga Winery brands, photocopies of trademark records, photocopies of the
certificates of label approval from the United States Treasury Department, and other
materials related to the Cucamonga Winery.
The photographs include an aerial view of the winery land and its surroundings, images of
the Accomazzo family, winery operations, and images related to the Romano wines. There are
also negatives of some of the photographic prints.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title in the finding aid but does not
reflect physical arrangement.
Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Oral History Collection, Collection no. 0024,
Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Collection, Special Collections and Archives,
University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
The collection was processed by Rob Strauss in September 2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cucamonga Winery
Wine and wine making - California
Wine labels
Photographs