Schramsberg
Winery · Calistoga, Napa Valley · property since 1862
Schramsberg is a sparkling wine producer on Diamond Mountain near Calistoga, in Napa Valley, on a property that Jacob Schram bought in 1862.1,2 Jack and Jamie Davies bought the estate in 1965 and made their first bottling that year.1
Jacob Schram
In 1862 Jacob Schram bought a property of more than 200 acres on Mount Diamond from the government and began planting vineyards on the Napa hillsides.1 According to the estate, Chinese labourers dug Napa's first hillside caves there around 1870, and work on a second set of cellar tunnels began in 1881.1 The writer Robert Louis Stevenson visited in 1880 and described the place in 'The Silverado Squatters'.1 The vineyard covered 50 acres in 1880 and 100 acres in 1890.1
The Davies family
In 1965 Jack and Jamie Davies bought the 200-acre property and made their first bottling.1 In 1972 a Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs 1969 was served at the state dinner given by President Nixon for Premier Zhou Enlai in Beijing.1 In 1985 the company bought the 20-acre McEachran Winery estate.1
Today
Hugh Davies, born in 1965, joined the winery as full-time enologist in 1996 and was named CEO and President in 2005.1 The estate is at 1400 Schramsberg Road, Calistoga, on Diamond Mountain.2 On the style of the 1972 wine see blanc de blancs. For the wider Californian picture see USA and Roederer Estate.
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Facts checked on 2026-10-20