Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/96

1919

Early vintages from Wine Country

• Wines & Vines, a journal devoted to the North American wine business (early Wine Country vintages pictured), begins publishing in Marin County
• Edward Howard Duncan Jr. is born in Oakland
• The 18th Amendment results in Bay Area vineyards uprooted and cellars destroyed, with some vineyards and wineries converting to table grape or grape juice production, or providing churches with sacramental wine