Preservation Awards 2016 Excellence Award

In 2013, the Buena Vista Winery won the California Preservation Design Awards in the craftsmanship/preservation technology category.

This year, during the prize-giving ceremony, the Sonoma League for Historic Preservation decided to reward Buena Vista again for its efforts, with the Excellence Award.

Following the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, the “champagne cellars” dating from 1857 were closed, and had since considerably deteriorated. In 2012, after major reinforcement of the original stone walls, restoration work was undertaken for all the buildings.

This spectacular overhaul set out to give new life to this edifice, whose cellars bear the stamp of the history of wine in California. 

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