Patchett Winery was the first winery built in the Napa Valley in the city of Napa in 1858 (founded by John Patchett who was in his 60’s at the time – born in England in 1797).
Some early Napa Valley winery history is in order. The winery was built in 1867 – also the year of their first vintage. He had a personal letter signed by Abraham Lincoln providing the deed to this particular property.Īfter the Civil War General Keyes moved to San Francisco and then up to Napa where he built a gravity flow stone winery next to the hillsides of the Mayacamas mountains (just southwest of the present-day town of St. The original 1500 acres was settled by General Erasmus Keyes after serving in the Civil War (rising to Brigadier General and leading Keyes’s Brigade at the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861).
Edge Hill is one of Napa’s Valley’s most historical and treasured winery properties.
