The San Antonio Winery is the only remaining winery in the city of Los Angeles, and has operated since 1917. It is located in the Lincoln Heights district just northeast of downtown, on Lamar Street just south of North Main Street. The winery also operates a wine shop, restaurant, and banquet hall.
Its former vineyards have been developed with dense industry. The winery uses grapes from the 500-acre Riboli family farm in Monterey, a smaller Napa ...
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The San Antonio Winery is the only remaining winery in the city of Los Angeles, and has operated since 1917. It is located in the Lincoln Heights district just northeast of downtown, on Lamar Street just south of North Main Street. The winery also operates a wine shop, restaurant, and banquet hall.
Its former vineyards have been developed with dense industry. The winery uses grapes from the 500-acre Riboli family farm in Monterey, a smaller Napa Valley vineyard, and contracts with other Californian growers. It produces varietal, table wines, and desert wines, both red and white. Bottling and distribution are handled at the winery.
In 1917, Santo Cambianica, an Italian man from the northern Italy province of Lombardy, immigrated to Los Angeles and started the winery at its current location. Hoping for good luck, he dedicated the winery to Saint Anthony (in Italian: San Antonio) by naming it as such. When Prohibition was enacted in 1920, Cambianica asked for permission from the Catholic...
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