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1.8 miSaint Helena
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Specialties
Having one of the grandest tasting rooms in the Napa Valley featuring 60 highly rated wines to sample and enjoy (including 90+ point Cabernets); we also boast a spectacular Deli-Marketplace with over 200 cheeses, house-made charcuterie, an extensive gourmet deli selection, a unique gift shop, barrel aging cellars & caves, a museum, self-guide tour and a beautiful, tree-shaded outdoor picnic area.
History
Established in 1885.
Italian winemaker Vittorio Sattui arrived in San Francisco in 1882 with his new bride, Kattarina, to begin their life in America. Born in Genoa, Vittorio, like his father before him, was by trade a baker from the small hilltown of Carsi. In San Francisco, Vittorio at first worked as a baker, making wine in his spare time, while Kattarina took in washing. Soon the industrious Sattui family had saved enough money to start a boarding house in the Italian colony of North Beach.
Dario Sattui remembers visiting Vittorio, his great-grandfather, who continued to live upstairs at the long dormant Bryant Street winery until his death at age 94. «As a small child, my first recollection was the aroma of wine emanating from the old building as soon as I entered,» he says. He played among the barrels and ovals in the cellars, stories of the old family wine business ringing in his ears. It was then, Dario believes, that the dream of reopening the winery began.
Meet the Business Owner
Dario S.
Business Owner
Dario Sattui, great grandson of San Francisco California pioneer vintner, Vittorio Sattui, was born in San Francisco in 1941 and raised in San Francisco and Fairfax in Marin County.
His great grandfather Vittorio Sattui, an Italian immigrant, founded V. Sattui Winery in 1885 in San Francisco. As Vittorio lived to be 94 years old, Dario got to know him and was fascinated by his stories and photos of the old winery, above which the Vittorio Sattui family continued to live even after Prohibition closed the old V. Sattui Winery. As a child Dario would play among the barrels and tanks in the underground cellars while dreaming of reviving V. Sattui Winery when he grew up.
In 1972, Sattui returned to the U.S. with the intent of re-establishing his great grandfather’s original V. Sattui winery which had been dormant for more than 50 years. With $ 8,000 and a novel approach to the wine business he re-opened V. Sattui winery in St. Helena.
