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Italian Swiss Colony, 1949-1989: recollections of a third-generation California winemaker : oral history transcript / and
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Title:
Italian Swiss Colony, 1949-1989: recollections of a third-generation California winemaker : oral history transcript: and related material, 1988-1990Wine spectator California winemen oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Rossi, Edmund A., 1924-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Jacobson, Lisa, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Teiser, Ruth, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Topics covered: Three generations of Rossi family winemakers; winery at Asti, California; various owners of Italian Swiss
Colony; flavored wines; influence of Louis Petri; winery personnel; brandy and high-proof wines; research and development
of products; international investigations for Heublein; professional organizations and research papers; modern advances in
the vineyard and winery.
Date:
1988 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caWine and wine making -- California -- History
Vintners -- California -- Interviews
Wineries -- California -- Sonoma County
Négociants en vins -- Californie -- Entretiens
Vintners
Wine and wine making
Wineries
California
California -- Sonoma County
Italian-Swiss Colony.
Heublein, Inc.
Heublein, Inc.
United States -- California -- Berkeley
Note:
Edmund A. Rossi, Jr. ; with an introduction by A. Dinsmoor Webb ; an interview conducted by Ruth Teiser and Lisa Jacobson
in 1988, 1989. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, c1990 :
Interviewed for: The Wine Spectator California Winemen Oral History Series.
Audio cassettes of original interview are included. Classified as: Phonotape 2441 c.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Also available online.
Transcript: Includes index.
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. All uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between
the University of California and the interviewee. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication
rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for
publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
The legal agreement with the interviewee requires that he/she be notified of the request and allowed thirty days to respond.
Edmund A. Rossi, Jr., born 1924. Winemaker.
Type:
History.Interviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
ix, 184 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm
15 cassettes
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. All uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between
the University of California and the interviewee. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication
rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for
publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
The legal agreement with the interviewee requires that he/she be notified of the request and allowed thirty days to respond.