Eeden Vineyard & Winery

Since our arrival at Eeden, sporadic discoveries have provided pieces of the puzzle of Eeden’s history. These include a beam with the words La Granja, the farm, carved into it; original architectural floor plans of the three-bedroom Western ranch style main residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Beringer, drawn by architect J. Clarence Felciano of Santa Rosa; wooden grape lugs with the names Beringer Bros. and Olga Beringer stamped on the sides; and the words Los Hermanos Vineyards painted on one of the buildings. Together, these discoveries revealed that the property once belonged to the Beringer family. Charles was the son of Jacob Beringer. Jacob and his brother Frederick established Beringer Brothers in 1876. Jacob planted the first vineyard and built the first Beringer winery in St. Helena. In 1914, Charles and other family members incorporated Beringer Brothers Los Hermanos Vineyards. Based on a tinted picture we discovered, Charles and his wife Olga also established the first vineyards at Eeden in the 1930s and built their famous ranch style house at Eeden in 1942. This house was featured in the Sunset magazine’s Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May published in 1946. The ranch style house designed by J. Clarence Felciano from Santa Rosa still remains on the property and can be seen on a tour of Eeden.