History
The Bargetto family winemaking heritage began in 1890 when Giuseppe Bargetto and his son, Phillip, emigrated from Castelnuovo Don Bosco, a small town in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy bringing with them generations of winemaking experience. In 1909 John joined his brother Phillip in San Francisco. The original Bargetto Family winery was located in San Francisco from 1910-1917, called South Montebello Vineyard and Wine Company. The grapes were brought in by rail car. With prohibition on the horizon the winery was closed and the brothers moved to Soquel. Philip and John purchased the present site of Bargetto Winery in 1920. During prohibition, the brothers operated a