Showing posts with label California wine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California wine. Show all posts
Friday, January 8, 2021

News, Maps, Guns, and Félix Violé

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Félix and Jules Violé happened to be visiting their cousin in Bayonne when they encountered something unexpected: a copy of Le Progrés.  Fou...
Friday, June 14, 2019

"About Where Union Station Is Today"

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For years it was assumed that El Aliso - California's first commercial vineyard and winery - had stood on, or at least roughly on, the ...
Monday, August 14, 2017

We're Still Here, Part 3C: The Le Mesnager Barn

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On the northernmost edges of Glendale, just past the Crescenta Highlands neighborhood, intrepid explorers will find Deukmejian Wilderness Pa...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

We're Still Here, Part 3: The San Fernando Valley

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Continuing my series on surviving places linked to Southern California's forgotten French community, we come to a place that hits close ...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

I Saw What You Did There.

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I have been seriously researching Los Angeles' Frenchtown for two and a half years. I created this blog to share its stories and keep th...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Welcome to the French Museum of Los Angeles/Bienvenue à la Musée des Français à Los Angeles

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Today is my birthday. What I would like to do is go to a museum. Specifically, a museum that tells Frenchtown's countless stories. ...
Monday, June 27, 2016

The Incredible Sainsevain Brothers

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(Image courtesy of the California State Archives. View more here .) There were four Sainsevain brothers in all, but two of them - Pierr...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

Jean-Louis Vignes: Father of French Migration to California

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Jean-Louis Vignes (pronounced "vines") was born in Béguey, France (in Bordeaux's wine country) in 1780. In 1827, at the age of...
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