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Italian Swiss Colony, 1949-1989: recollections of a third-generation California winemaker : oral history transcript / and related material, 1988-1990.
BANC MSS 92/60 c; Phonotape 2441 c
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Title:

Italian Swiss Colony, 1949-1989: recollections of a third-generation California winemaker : oral history transcript: and related material, 1988-1990
Wine 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-ca
Italian-Swiss Colony.
Heublein, inc.
Wine and wine making -- California -- History
Vintners -- California -- Interviews
Wineries -- California -- Sonoma County
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.
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.
Transcript: Includes index.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
ix, 184 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
15 cassettes.

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z317h
BANC MSS 92/60 c
Phonotape 2441 c

Origin:

California

Copyright 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.

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