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.