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CA5746
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http://www.baileyana.com/contact_us.php
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Baileyana Winery was founded over 20 years ago by Catharine Niven. Located in the Edna Valley in the heart of San Luis Obispo County, our inspiration continues to build on Catharine’s passion and her mantra, “be the best you can be in whatever you pursue.”
A bold woman with a can-do attitude, Catharine had a generous manner and a magnetic personality. Born and raised on a world-class thoroughbred horse farm outside Lexington Kentucky, she developed a love for horses early on. That interest, coupled with a tremendous sense of perseverance, let her to eventually own a race horse and have her name shown in the winner’s circle at the famous Santa Anita racetrack in Southern California. Equally passionate in other areas including antique collecting, gardening, cooking, entertaining and fundraising, she always sought out the best.
Catharine’s husband Jack introduced her to the wine industry in the early 1970’s via their move to the Edna Valley on California’s Central Coast. Pioneering the planting of the first winegrapes in this area, they founded Paragon Vineyards. Jack focused on the large-scale business while Catharine busied herself with her own smaller project; a 3 ½ acre parcel in their front yard. She went at it with passionate detail, just as with any of her other fascinations. Her research drew her to Burgundy, the world’s ultimate wine producing region. She quickly learned that California’s widely-spaced plantings and trellising system known as “California Sprawl” were not necessarily the best vineyard practices. Burgundian methods with tighter spacing and a more vertical approach to managing the canopy made sense to her. Despite advice from the “California experts,” Catharine stuck to her guns, planted her vineyard the way she saw fit, and eventually proved she was right.
And once Catharine had outstanding grapes to work with, it was a natural next step to turn them into equally stellar wine. Named after the neighborhood where she and Jack first met, Catharine began Baileyana Winery. She was one of a very small number of women to own a California wine brand in those days. Our early production was very limited, but Catharine’s vision of the Edna Valley becoming a prestigious wine region would soon be realized.
Recent History – The Next Generations
Baileyana founder Catharine Niven eventually passed the winery on to her four children. Two of them, Jim and John, took the lead and began the long-term process of the growing the brand. Additionally, they laid the groundwork for the planting of their estate Firepeak Vineyard and the construction of Baileyana’s new winery.
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(805) 781-9463
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Street Address:
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4915 Orcutt Road
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San Luis Obispo
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93401
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CA
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United States
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