Rudolf Jordan Vintage Reports for Castle Rock Vineyard, 1901-1935

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Summary

Creators:
Jordan, Rudolf
Abstract:
The Rudolf Jordan Vintage Reports for Castle Rock Vineyard provide general remarks on the overall weather conditions, duration of vintage, general yield, condition of grapes, yeast, and sugar in wines as well as a chronological description of the vintage for a Napa, California vineyard from 1906-1918.
Extent:
0.4 linear feet
Language:
Collection materials in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Rudolf Jordan Vintage Reports for Castle Rock Vineyard, D-523, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

Jordan's reports provide general remarks on the overall weather conditions, duration of vintage, general yield, condition of grapes, yeast, and sugar in wines as well as a chronological description of the vintage at Castle Rock Vineyard from 1906-1918.

1918 was the last vintage described. In 1919 and 1920 the grapes were made into juice due to the passage of the Volstead Act.

Correspondence from Frederic T. Bioletti, William V. Cruess, and chemists Curtis & Tompkins is also included with the reports as well as several newspaper and journal clippings, printed documents and pamphlets.

Arrangement of the Collection

The reports are arranged chronologically.

Biographical / historical:

During the vintage of 1905, Rudolf Jordan and Ernest L. Streich, owner of Castle Rock Vineyard, discussed the subject of making better wines with particular attention directed to the efforts made at the University of California regarding pure yeast and cooling of musts as advised by Professors Cruess and Bioletti.

Jordan later authored Quality in dry wines through adequate fermentations by means of defecation, aeration, pure yeast, cooling and heating: a manual for progressive winemakers in California (1911) based on observations he made at Castle Rock.

Castle Rock Vineyard, located in Napa County, California was sold in March 1921 to H.G. March.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Mrs. Jordan.
Processing information:

Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid.

Physical location:
Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Rudolf Jordan Vintage Reports for Castle Rock Vineyard, D-523, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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