The Petri family in the wine industry
Subtitle: and related material
By: Louis A. Petri; tape recorded interview conducted by Ruth Teiser in 1969. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1971 :
Contributors: Foresti, Dante, 1883-; Amerine, M. A. 1911-; Teiser, Ruth.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1969
Subjects: Petrie family.; Italian-Swiss Colony.; Allied Grape Growers.; Wine and wine making -- California.; Prohibition -- California.
Description: Comments on his grandfather, Raffaello Petri, his father, Angelo Petri and other members of the family; the beginnings of the winery and the growth of the Petri Wine Co.; effect of prohibition on the wine industry; formation of Allied Grape Growers; acquisition of Italian Swiss Colony; sale of the company to Allied Grape Growers and its subsequent acquisition by Heublein, Inc.; wine marketing patterns; purchase of other premium wineries by national corporations. Appended: summary of interview with Dante Foresti re his association with Petri family; copy of 1951 history of Petri Wine Co. and its affiliates prepared by Louis Petri; and copies of other supporting data.
Table of contents: value: Phonotape 237 and interview notes, Track 1: 956 ft., track 2: 695 ft.; value: Phonotape 299: Reel 1: Interview #2, April 30, 1969, track 1: 1034, track 2: 575 ft. Reel 2: Interview #3, Sept. 4, 1969, track 1: 794 ft., track 2: 757 ft. Interview #1 apparently no longer exists on tape.; value: Phonotapes: