Ngitshele ngewayini lokuqala lokuthengisa eCalifornia.
I-winery yokuqala yezentengiselwano eCalifornia yasungulwa ngo-1857 yi-Hungarian-American Agoston Haraszthy obizwa ngokuthi "uBaba wewayini laseCalifornia" (le moniker ibuye isetshenziswe kumvangeli waseSpain wamaJesuit, uBaba uJunípero Serra).  UHarasthy wavula iBuena Vista Winery eSonoma. Ngo-1859, i-winery yayikhiqiza amalitha ayizigidi ezimbili zewayini ngonyaka futhi omunye wemikhiqizo yayo ethandwa kakhulu kwakuyiwayini elikhazimulayo.  I-winery yabhekana nezinkinga eziningi eminyakeni edlule, njengokuqothuka, ukuhlaselwa okubhubhisayo kwe-Grape phylloxera, nokuvinjelwa. I-winery yathengwa endalini futhi izivini zokuqala zatshalwa futhi zavulwa kabusha ngawo-1940. Ngo-1984, isakhiwo sewayini sandiswa ngamahektare angu-1000 ngemva kokuba sithengwe yinkampani yaseNtshonalanga Jalimane. I-winery yaqhubeka nokushintsha izandla futhi manje ingaphansi kobunikazi bukaJean-Charles Boisset, osebenzisa ama-wineries angaphezu kweshumi nambili ngaphansi kweqembu lakhe lewayini, iBoisset Collection.  I-winery isahleli endaweni yayo yasekuqaleni futhi yengezwe ku-US National Register of Historic Places kanye nohlu lwe-California Historical Landmarks.