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Latest revision as of 19:55, 18 November 2025
Henry Mel and his wife Nellie established the Villa Fontenay winery at a Vine Hill-area vineyard they bought from the Jarvis family in 1879. A Santa Cruz bank foreclosed on the Villa Fontenay estate in 1895.
- Late Harvest (1983 book), chapter 1 "The Origins of the Santa Cruz Wine Industry".
In 1977, comedian Dick Smothers reopened the vineyard and winery.
- Late Harvest (1983 book), chapter 4 "Wines of the Santa Cruz Mountains".
A privately-owned vineyard still exists there.