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{{Short description|Vineyard in Napa Valley, California}}
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[[File:Spring Mountain Vineyard Winery.jpg|right|thumb|The winery at Spring Mountain Vineyard.]]
'''Spring Mountain Vineyard''' is a {{convert|225|acre|km2|adj=on}} [[vineyard]] consisting of 135 different vineyard blocks scattered over the {{convert|845|acre|km2|sing=on}} estate in [[California]]'s [[Napa Valley AVA|Napa Valley]]. Spring Mountain Vineyard was in fourth place among French and American wines at the historic [[Judgment of Paris (wine)|Judgment of Paris]] [[wine competition]] in 1976.

==Winery and vineyards==
The elegant [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] [[mansion]], known on the estate as '''Miravalle''', was commissioned by Mexican-American businessman [[Tiburcio Parrott]] in 1884, and designed by architect [[Albert Schroepfer]]. Schroepfer designed several other homes in similar elegant style, for example, [[The Rhine House]] at [[Beringer Vineyards]].

The original winery and cave was also established in 1885 by Parrott. The current vineyards are on the eastern slope of Spring Mountain at elevations varying from {{convert|400|ft|m}} to {{convert|1700|ft|m}}.

The estate now includes four adjacent vineyards including the {{convert|435|acre|km2|adj=on}} La Perla, {{convert|257|acre|km2|adj=on}} Miravalle, {{convert|120|acre|km2|adj=on}} Chevalier, and {{convert|33|acre|m2|adj=on}} Streblow (Alba). La Perla Winery and Vineyard were originally established in 1873 by Charles Lemme. The La Perla Winery building is still standing. This property contained the first [[Cabernet Sauvignon]] on Spring Mountain. The adjacent Chevalier and Miravelle properties were also established during the 19th century.

==''Falcon Crest''==

From 1981 until 1990, Spring Mountain Vineyards became known to television viewers as the setting for the [[CBS]] drama series ''[[Falcon Crest]]''. Cast and crew would film exterior scenes here for six weeks each summer before relocating to [[Los Angeles]] to shoot interior scenes. The mansion, winery, and many acres of surrounding vineyards, served as the fictional home of ruthless matriarch Angela Channing, played by [[Jane Wyman]].

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[[George M. Taber|Taber, George M.]] ''Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wine''. NY: [[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]], 2005.

[[Category:Wineries in Napa Valley]]
[[Category:Companies based in Napa County, California]]
[[Category:St. Helena, California]]
[[Category:Food and drink companies established in 1884]]
[[Category:1884 establishments in California]]

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