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After clearing the property, the couple began planting a variety of grapes to produce wine. In the 1870s, Schram dug cellars into hills on the property and by 1876 Schramsberg was producing 12,000 gallons. Within a few years, Schramsberg had expanded to over 50 acres (20 ha) and was producing
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with the intention of producing wine. Although Schram was born into a winemaking family, he made his living as a barber. Schram was one of a small group of early winemakers to arrive in Napa in the middle of the 19th century. Schram was born in 1826 in
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McKillop, the property changed hands several times over the next four decades and none of the owners used the property as a vineyard. Schramsberg was sold to
Captain Raymond C. Naylor and then to John Gargano in 1940.
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to produce wine. At the time of their purchase, Schramsberg was run-down and the property had been abandoned for years.
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region. The vineyard, which was founded in 1862 by the German immigrant Jacob Schram, produces a series of
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