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The Petri family in the wine industry : oral history transcript / and related material, 1969-1971.
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The Petri family in the wine industry : oral history transcript: and related material, 1969-1971Creator/Contributor:
Petri, Louis A., 1912-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Foresti, Dante, 1883-Creator/Contributor:
Amerine, Maynard A. (Maynard Andrew), 1911-1998Creator/Contributor:
Teiser, Ruth, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Comments on his grandfather, Raffaello Petri, his father, Angelo Petri and other members of the family; the beginnings of
the winery and the growth of the Petri Wine Co.; effect of prohibition on the wine industry; formation of Allied Grape Growers;
acquisition of Italian Swiss Colony; sale of the company to Allied Grape Growers and its subsequent acquisition by Heublein,
Inc.; wine marketing patterns; purchase of other premium wineries by national corporations. Appended: summary of interview
with Dante Foresti re his association with Petri family; copy of 1951 history of Petri Wine Co. and its affiliates prepared
by Louis Petri; and copies of other supporting data.
Date:
1969 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caWine and wine making -- California
Prohibition -- California
Prohibition
Wine and wine making
California
Italian-Swiss Colony.
Allied Grape Growers.
Petrie family
Petrie family
United States -- California -- Berkeley
Note:
Louis A. Petri ; tape recorded interview conducted by Ruth Teiser in 1969. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1971 :
Phonotape also available.
Introduction by Maynard A. Amerine.
Photographs inserted.
Also available online.
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests
for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Type:
Oral histories.Physical Description:
print
[14], 67 leaves ; 28 cm + related material
Language:
English
Identifier:
http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z1p6t
Origin:
CaliforniaClassification:
663.2Copyright Note:
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests
for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.