Leland Stanford Winery was a winery located in the Santa Clara Valley AVA , in Fremont, California , United States . The winery was founded by Leland Stanford in 1869. The vineyard was planted by Stanford's brother, Josiah Stanford . The winery was owned by Weibel Champagne Vineyards until 1996. The area has since been developed into housing, and now consists of a single unused brick building. It was the third vineyard owned by Leland Stanford. It is a California Historical Landmark .
7-607: The location of the Leland Stanford Winery was on the former Rancho Agua Caliente , an 1836 Mexican land grant in Alta California . The name means "warm water" and refers to the warm springs located in the foothills. In 1850, Clement Columbet bought a large parcel, and opened the Warm Springs Hotel, a resort for wealthy San Francisco Bay Area residents during the 1850s through 1860s. It
14-473: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake . The winery was purchased and renamed Weibel Champagne Vineyards in 1945. By 1893, Leland Stanford Winery was producing 320,000 gallons of wine. They were the first winery in California to make sparkling wine . The property also had an orchard and produced hay and beef . They also had lemon trees. Rancho Agua Caliente (Higuera) Rancho Agua Caliente
21-659: The cession of California to the United States following the Mexican–American War , the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Agua Caliente was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, and the grant was patented to Fulgencio Higuera in 1858. Higuera gradually sold off his holdings in
28-423: The 1850s. An attorney, Abram Harris, purchased the southern portion of this land in 1858 and established what briefly became known as Harrisburg. In 1850, Clement Columbet bought 640 acres (2.6 km ), and developed a resort and one of the state’s first wineries. However, the resort did not survive the 1868 Hayward earthquake . Leland Stanford bought the property in 1869 and founded Leland Stanford Winery at
35-453: Was a 9,564-acre (38.70 km ) Mexican land grant in present-day Alameda County, California granted in 1836 by Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez to Antonio Suñol and confirmed in 1839 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Fulgencio Higuera. The name means "warm water" and refers to the warm springs located in the foothills a short distance south of Mission San José . The grant is just south of present-day Fremont . Fulgencio Higuera (1799–1878),
42-460: Was destroyed in the 1868 Hayward earthquake . In 1869 Leland Stanford purchased its site and 100 acres, and founded a winery. Stanford's brother, Josiah Stanford, served as vineyard manager. He planted the vines and managed the winery. In 1893, Josiah Stanford inherited the winery from his brother. By 1898 the property was 1,225 acres. Despite success, the vineyard was victim to phylloxera . It also experienced two major earthquakes , including
49-606: Was the son of Jose Loreto Higuera (1778–1845), grantee of Rancho Los Tularcitos , and grandson of Ygnacio Anastacio Higuera, who came to California with the De Anza Expedition . His brother Valentin Higuera was the grantee of Rancho Pescadero . In 1820, Fulgencio Higuera married Maria Clara Saturnina Pacheco. In 1836 Fulgencio Higuera was granted the two square league Rancho Agua Caliente, formerly Mission San José land. In 1845, Higuera married Maria Celia Feliz. With
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