San Luis Obispo County CA Archives Photo Place.....Rotta Winery 
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Source:             Discovering San Luis Obispo County
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THE ROTTA WINERY

History and Description:

Anyone who is traveling north or south on U. S. 101 and is interested in
California wine should not miss the Rotta Winery.  To get there, one should take
the Vineyard Drive exit off 101 to the Pesenti Winery, and then turn right up a
gravel road to the Rotta Winery.

The Rotta Winery is owned by the Rotta family and is operated by Mervin Rotta
and Mrs. Romilda Rotta, his mother. The building is set in a beautiful
atmosphere of vineyards and trees in a fairly hilly region.  It is a very quiet,
peaceful area.  The original building appears to be constructed of large bricks
and plaster stucco over that.  Since the original construction, there have been
additions made of brick, concrete, and wood including a very interesting sales
room made from an old 7000-gallon redwood wine cask. 

In 1856,  a Frenchman by the name of Adolf Siot founded the original winery.  He
ran a simple operation with only three casks.  In 1907 Siot sold the winery to 
Rotta, In 1927, Mrs. Romilda Rotta came to Templeton.  Since then the Rotta
Winery has been in full operation. For many  years, the only customers the
winery had were  in Santa Barbara and people visiting the winery.  Just 
recently  they have been stocking wine at the Hawthorne  Market, Gus's Grocery
and other stores in San Luis Obispo.  Mrs. Rotta has been greeting visitors and
 customer s at the winery for the past 40 years.  With the increased business
over the last few years, the winery has more than doubled in size. 
It is interesting to note that the wine here is fermented in casks and then
bottled rather than fermented in bottles.  It seems to be mere efficient this
way. This explains the cheap appearance in screw cap bottles, but rest assured
the content is quite excellent.

Sources:
Telegram-Tribune, July 22, 1970
Mrs. Romilda Rotta and other workers at the winery


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Discovering San Luis Obispo County
by
Carleton M. Winslow

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