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Barca Wineries & Vineyards, U.S.A.
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CA5755
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About
The Barca Family winemaker and marketer history started over 2250 years ago, 250 years before Christ, in the nation of Cartage, where Hannibal Barca rode elephants with his army from Cartage through Spain and over the Alps Mountains into Italy, fighting in Rome and dying in Sicily. Hannibal Barca Family forefathers, fathers, and brothers left a legacy known as the Punic Wars with the creation of several new cities in the Old World, one being Barcelona, Spain, which was named for the Barca Family. Hannibal Barca was a top war general, and also a winemaker and marketer, selling the fine wines in Cartage, Spain, France, Greece, and Italy, as well as several other countries he touched in Europe. The Barca Family continually kept making and selling wine in all these European countries since that time, and still do today.
When Guiseppe Barca came to California in 1845 and started planting the Mission grapes and making and selling wine in California during the time the U.S. Government took over the territory of the new state of California, the grape and wine market started to flourish. The legendary priest, Father Junipero Serra, came to California through Mexico and formed many missions throughout the state, from San Diego, Los Angeles, Carmel, San Francisco, to Sonoma. The Italian immigrant winemakers and vineyard owners are a whole story in California history itself, with Secundo Guasti becoming the largest winemaker and vineyard owner in the state of California. Guasti started several varieties of grapes and wine which he imported from Italy. These Italian varieties, such as Zinfandel, Muscat, and the Mission grapes, as well as many other varieties, were brought to the new state of California by the Italian immigrants in the 1800's.
Secundo Guasti became the largest winemaker and marketer in 1900. He even had rail tract wagons going through all his vineyards, bringing the grapes by rail in small box cars to the winery for crushing and processing into wine. The town of Guasti, near Los Angeles, bears his name and history where all his wineries and vineyards of over 5,000 acres were located. The Barca Family of Italy were distantly related to Guasti, and maintained their family relationship.
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Last Update:
October
18, 2010
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