Boeger Winery
1709 Carson Rd, Placerville
The
Boeger Winery estate was homesteaded during the 1849 Gold Rush by the
Fossati-Lombardo family. Like many of that time, they tried their luck
in the gold fields, only to learn that there was a bigger fortune to be
made from selling goods and services to the miners than in mining
itself. Thus, their land was turned into a fruit and nut farm, then a
winery and distillery as well. They made wine from Mission grapes and an
early clone of Zinfandel, a small block of which still
remains...producing wine to this very day.
As
the founder of the El Dorado commercial wine industry, promoter of
unique varietals and life-long advocate for farm life and agricultural
rights, Greg Boeger was awarded the Wine Lifetime Achievement Award in
2018 by the California State Fair, joining the ranks of other California
greats such as Robert Mondavi, Jerry Lohr, Bob Gallo and University of
California, Davis.