wine country

The American Landowner: Shelton Vineyards

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Land Report News Team

By Eric O’Keefe | Photography by Gustav Schmiege III According to the 1840 Census, the state that led the nation in total wine production was North Carolina. Surprised? Thomas Jefferson wouldn’t be. In 1817, the author of the Declaration of Independence singled out…

Coppola Completes Resurrection of Queen of Napa Valley

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Land Report News Team

Award-winning filmmaker acquires Inglenook trademark. In a July 2007 interview with The Land Report, Francis Ford Coppola spoke of his quest to return Gustave Niebaum’s renowned estate to its former glory. Founded in 1879, the Inglenook Winery was christened “the…