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Yeah, yeah. A portrait is a distillation of nature, a capsule of its essence and vitality. This is a portrait of the vintage country where the grape absorbs the flaming California's sun and the wine of the great puts

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that sunshine into the hearts of men. A vintage country where the warm glow of indian summer descends on the hills and valleys that roll back from the edge of the pacific where occasional breezes heralds of approaching autumn stir the leaves of vineyards beside winding country roads,

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vintage country described in these words by robert louis Stevenson, those loads and pockets of earth more precious than the precious ores that yield inimitable fragrance and soft fire, Those virtuous bonanza where the soil has sublimated under sun and stars to something finer and the wine is

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bottled poetry. A portrait, a graphic portrayal of people, places and things in the san Francisco bay area is brought to you by the news and public affairs departments of koron tv. Tonight's portrait story of the grape originates from Sonoma California, site of the 16th annual vintage

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festival of the Valley of the Moon will return to the story of the grape. After this message, the townspeople of Sanoma celebrate the annual harvest of grapes with the colorful Valley of the Moon vintage festival. The spirits of the men who laid the foundations of California's

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wine industry almost a century ago live on in the vineyards which flourish in the Valley of the Moon today. And they live on as well in these outstanding early California memorials, old buildings which speak with the grace and dignity of another age, another era there is

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California history in the names of these old buildings. Blue wing in the swiss hotel, cinema barracks, casagrande nash patent adobe and many more relics of the golden era in cinema. Most were built in the 18 thirties. In the 18 forties, one of the oldest buildings is

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the mission san Francisco solano de cinema, Last of California's 21 missions built by father who Never oh Sarah. And it was here at La Crema Montes that the same General Vallejo live on orders from then California, Governor Figaro. General Vallejo was sent here to found the

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pueblo of cinema, to Bill Barracks and to defend the territory from warren, indian tribes and from the Russian aggressors on cinemas, counties, coasts. Mhm. I don't want that. It was here in cinema also. Jack London wrote and lived during his most productive years in the

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small study near the spot where the ruins of Wolf House now stands. Jack London wrote The Valley of the Moon, a novel which extol the rolling foothills to the north of the old spanish village of cinema. These are Jack London's words, it's great. I wouldn't trade

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a square mile of this kind of country for the whole Sacramento Valley, with the river islands thrown in and the Middle River for good measure, if there ain't deer up there, I miss my guests, and where they're springs, their streams and streams means trout. There's

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hills and valleys and rich land and streams of Clearwater, good wagon roads and a rail road not too far away, plenty of sunshine and cold enough at night to need blankets and not only pines, but plenty of other kinds of trees with open spaces to pass

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your horses and cattle and deer and rabbits to shoot in lots of redwood trees and well, no fog and nightingales roosting in all the trees, flowers that neither fail nor fade, bees without stings. Honey do every morning showers of manner between wiles, fountains of youth and

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quarries of philosopher's stones. On the elevated sections of the road, you feel the cool, delicious breeze from the pacific 40 miles away, while from each little depth and hollow comes the warm breath of autumn earth, spicy with sunburn, grass and falling leaves and passing flowers on

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its fathered rim stand three rugged nose covered with dense woods of spruce and soaks. The air is aromatic with laurel. Wild grapevines, bridge the streams from tree to tree oaks of many sorts. Surveilled in lazy spanish moss, fern and breaks, grow lush beside the streams from

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somewhere you hear the plates of a mourning dove. I think we've found our valley. It was not until the late 18 fifties that cinema and the valley of the moon flowered as the leading wine center of the state

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at that time, the Hungarian nobleman, ag astonish Arazi came north from san Francisco with cuttings. He had brought to California from europe a few years before. Children from this year's festival pageant reenact the digging of California's first wine cellars. The Colonel using chinese laborers doug long

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tunnels deep in the limestone hills and massive stone wine cellars were built above them. The caves are still in use here at Buena vista vineyards, where Colonel Kharazzi earned the title. By which later generations of California vintners would remember him as father of California viticulture. Though

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badly damaged in the earthquake of 1906, the old buildings have been faithfully restored and today are owned along with the winner Mr Cellars and Vineyards. Bye Mr frank Bartholomew, president of the United Press International. In the scene, Mr Bartholomew joins an air of the Kharazzi family.

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Mrs Eva. A Fendt of san Francisco in placing a commemorative reef at the base of a plaque of Colonel Arazi vintage festival. Visitors, almost without fail, find their way along the narrow tree choke road which leads here to the Iraqi sellers, nestled in the mountains at

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the edge of a tumbling tree shaded Brooke inside the sellers in the Buena vista Wine tasting room. The visitors are hosted by mr Bartholomew, including this year's Llerena Miss Pamela Crow queen of the vintage festival, who was named Miss Cinema County earlier this spring. Here in

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the valley of the moon, where the oak and bowed slopes of the rolling by commas tumbled to the floor of the long Sonoma Valley, visitors find themselves drawn to the open doors of wayside wineries in the cool depths of the old stone cellars. They gather at

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the spigots of oaken casks to cool their throats with the refreshing fruits of the vine. The soft, light and hushed atmosphere of limestone caves, we are reminded of the long history of the vintage festival. The lights reflect the rich warm colors of grapes dating back to

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the day. America's first vintage wines were planted here, and the stillness echoes with the seeming whisper of the voices of the generations of Etna's who first introduced the Old world art, a fine winemaking to this area and all of it is an inherent part of the

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story of the great a story we will return to after this message. The since the beginning man has traditionally looked upon. The harvest is a time for festivals and thanksgiving for the act of harvest is something

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more than the mere gathering of the fruits of the earth. It is the culmination of the richness of the soil, of spring waters and rain, of the heat of the sun which swells the plants in the freshly cultivated fields. It is the exultant joy of men

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and women at work in God's creation. Uh huh. Oh so no! Okay. Oh still warm from the sun of the fields. The grapes are brought for processing to the original buildings the Buena vista winery. They feed

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and boxes along conveyor lines which lead to crushing and pressing the first steps in the ancient vintner's art. They're looking at the only stemming machine of its kind now in use in California winemaking. We have removed the protective cover to show the

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redwood stem er and rulers in this imported equipment. As we watch stems are removed from the grapes or berries as the winemaker calls them. And the wooden rollers break each individual grape into half preparatory to the next step pressing of the grapes following

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crushing the grapes feed now along the chute which leads downstairs to the large presser. Mass production and automation are not familiar terms. And these processing sequences or the methods employed by Buena vista today have changed very little since the days of Colonel Kharazzi. From each end

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of the presser. Great wooden plates move inward along a screw type conveyor to squeeze the juice from the harvested grapes, reminding us of these words by Clifton Fadiman, name me any liquid except my own blood that flows more intimately and incessantly through the labyrinth of symbols.

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We have conceived to make our status as human beings from the rudest peasant festival to the mystery of the Eucharist. To take wine into our mouths is to save a droplet of the river of human history. Yeah.

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Following processing the wine is aged in huge vats within the limestone caves at Buena vista, locked within these rooms are the secrets of the winemaker, who will tell of little other than basic fundamentals. Essentially the limestone caves are important in that temperatures here will not vary

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more than two degrees the year round qua quality control Entails are careful and continuing check of acid and sugar content. Through chemical analysis, balance is essential to quality wines and full flavor and balance are in turn dependent upon the acid qualities of the various varies or

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grapes. A more poetic description of the aging process has been given to us by Alfred Lord Tennyson wines that heaven knows when had sucked the fire of some forgotten son and kept it through 100 years of bloom, dominus spiritual ramos, Benedict

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Dominy post practice nova. The official opening of the vintage festival is the blessing of the grapes. A traditional, reverent and picturesque ceremony. The grape harvest is blessed by a spiritual descendant of padre Jose Altamira, founder of the mission san Francisco solano. We take them viva to

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reignite the unit. Hottie spiritual sunk Tadeusz Romney a sacred or secular um um in bless o Lord this fruit of the vine which thou hast deigned to bring to maturity with the aid of heavenly do an abundance of rain and favorable weather and may we with

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gratitude used them in the name of jesus christ our Lord who liveth and reigneth with the unity of the holy spirit God for all eternity. Amen vintage festival activities begin in earnest now under the guidance of the cinema

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Valley Chamber of Commerce. Origins of the festival may be traced back 65 years to the first festival on Ryan Farm in 18 97. It designates a big to give thanks at harvest time and to commemorate the long and colorful history of the Valley of the Moon.

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Children's parade is a traditional part of the vintage festival. You start way no no no no no no no no no. Mm. Sunday

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in the park is as much a part of Americana as mom and apple pie band concerts, barbecues and folk dancing may be credited to a spontaneous effort on the part of cinema home folks to recreate an early California atmosphere. Yeah, yeah. Mm.

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Our portrait of vintage festival is nearly complete but the festival itself will continue just as next year's harvest is already entering another cycle of sun and soil and water. The story of the great will linger for conversion of the endurable unfermented juice of the grape into

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the long lived stimulating and nourishing beverage. We know his wine is a process in the marginal area that borders on the miraculous. It is inscribed on a wooden casket. Buena vista in these words. Back of the wine is the Bentley and back through the years his

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skill and back of it all are the winds and the sun and the rain. And the master's will. Portrait a graphic portrayal of people, places and things in the san Francisco Bay Area is brought to you by the News and Public Affairs Department

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