95:"As soon as the two German musicians began to sell their wine successfully, they saw that they needed a larger supply of grapes than Los Angeles yet afforded; they also saw that the empty spaces of Los Angeles County might be quickly and cheaply developed into vineyards. The catch was to find people willing to do the work; the answer was the German population of San Francisco, a population that Kohler and Frohling, of course, already knew and understood. There was a considerable colony there by 1857, all of them drawn by the Gold Rush."
173:. While Frohling was in Southern California, Charles Kohler opened Kohler & Frohling Wines in San Francisco in 1854.They established the first commercial winery in California. {Reference USPTO Registration # 3142150 Today, Bert Sandman, the great-great-grandson of Charles Kohler, are once again producing wines at Treasure Island Wines, Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA.
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The Los
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And so, Anaheim was born in 1857, when 50 German-American families from the San
Francisco area were convinced to invest $ 750 each to invest into the newly formed Los Angeles Vineyard Society (the name given to the venture by Frohling and Kohler). Founders Frohling and Kohler hired George Hansen, Los
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