A Sparkling Future Buena Vista Winery has a rich, delicious heritage as the first premium-and certainly the most colorful-of all of the wineries in California. And its founder, the selfproclaimed “Count of Buena Vista,” Agoston Haraszthy, was a vivacious and eccentric pioneer with a veritable love and unending commitment to California wine. The Count envisioned very early on that Champagne would become a prominent and important part of wine culture in California, and determined to produce sparkling wine of the same prestige as Champagne in the cellars of Buena Vista. He dispatched his eldest son Arpad to study in Epernay in Champagne, France for two years at the House of Venoges, where he learned the intricacies of the méthode champenoise. Arpad returned to California and produced his first sparkling wine, the 1861 vintage, in the caves of Buena Vista. He continued his mission, producing the first commercially successful méthode champenoise sparkling in California, under the name Eclipse. The wine was a great success and won medals at expositions in California, New York, England, France, and other countries. Cases were purchased by such well-known figures such as Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Arpad Haraszthy
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Victory with la victoire, buena vista victoriously returns to champagne‌
the first california winery to make champagne in champagne! The bottle, adorned with the eagle that symbolizes America, strength and victory, celebrates the triumph of collaboration between California and Champagne.
Victory belongs to all who can enjoy this Champagne delivered by Buena Vista.
Origin La Victoire was created in partnership with the largest familyowned proprietors of vineyards in Champagne with over 420 acres in 61 villages and roots in the region since 1900. Buena Vista’s winemaking team selected renowned vineyards, including Premier Cru Pinot Noir vineyards in Montagne de Reims, and Grand Cru Mesnil-sur-Oger and Chouilly vineyards for the Chardonnay.
Reims
champagne region
montagne de reims vallée de la marne Ay
Epernay Chouilly Mesnilsur-oger
côtes des blancs
Winemaking A precise and elegant blend of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay, La Victoire was aged over three years, more than twice the legal requirement in Champagne for non-vintage cuveĂŠs. The vintage base is from 2011, the wine used during tirage is 2012 and 18% comes from designated reserve wine. The dosage is 8.7 grams per liter.
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Buena Vista Historic Winery 18000 Old Winery Road Sonoma, CA 95476 800.926.1266