One of the most interesting winery locations we visited was right out side the town of Healdsburg. Giovanni Foppiano is 97 years old and he signed a bottle for me. Right after that I captured a few images of him playing with his great grand daughter.I am always on the job. The interesting story about this family started with Giovanni Foppiano. He immigrated to the United States, arriving in New York from Genoa, Italy and traveled to California by way of Panama looking for gold. In 1864, Giovanni settled in Healdsburg, California. His son, Louis A. Foppiano was born in 1877 (father of Louis J.). Louis A. married Mathilda, the sister of one of his North Beach customers after three "arranged" dates. When Louis A. passed away in 1925, Louis J. inherited the responsibility of managing the family winery. In 1937, after the repeal of prohibition, Louis J. rebuilt the winery from the ground up, and Foppiano Wine Company became one of the first Sonoma County wineries to bottle wine under its own winery label.
In 1946, Louis J. married Della Bastoni of Santa Rosa. The couple was married for 56 years, and raised three children, Louis M., Rod, and Susan. Son Rod met an untimely death, passing away from leukemia in the 1980s. Louis J.'s wife Della died on November 21, 2002. The is a link to their web site.http://www.foppiano.com/
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