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Frasinetti’s Winery Plaque

Location: 7395 Frasinetti Rd, Sacramento, CA 95828
38°29’22.5″N 121°23’42.0″W
38.489591, -121.394985

JAMES FRASINETTI, AN ITALIAN IMMIGRANT, FOUNDED THIS WINERY IN 1897. FRASINETTI’S IS THE OLDEST FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED WINE PRODUCER IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. AT ITS PEAK THE WINERY HAD OVER 400 ACRES OF GRAPES.

TODAY GRAPES HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM THIS AREA AND THE WINERY IS BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SIX ACRES.  THIS WINERY PRODUCES VARIETAL WINES THAT COMBINE OLD WORLD TRADITIONS WITH THE IMPROVED METHODS OF TODAY.

                                                                  NEW HELVETIA CHAPTER #5
                                                                          E CLAMPUS VITUS
                                                                         NGH JESSE SALINAS
                                                                         FEBRUARY 17, 2007