Reorganize wiki structure and update People page - Create producers/ and vineyards/ directories for better organization - Move winery files to producers/ (158 files) - Move vineyard files to vineyards/ (54 files) - Add Jarvis family members to People page (George and John Waite Jarvis) - Add Mel family members (Henry and Nellie Mel) - Add Locatelli family members with distinction between two families: - Eagle Rock Winery: Dante, Giuseppe, Vincent (with dates) - Union Vineyard: Joseph and Joseph Andrew (with dates) - Add David Bruce to People page - Mark Ian Brand as missing entry - Add FamilySearch genealogy URLs to all Locatelli entries Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

scmwine committed Apr 3, 2026

Major Villa Fontenay update with 1976 fire documentation Added critical information from 1976 Santa Cruz Sentinel article: POST-1895 TIMELINE NOW DOCUMENTED: - Resort Era (1895-1930s): Popular summer resort, dance pavilion, speakeasy rumors - Leonards Era (Depression): Physicians purchased as private estate - United Airlines Mainliner Club: Mid-century corporate ownership - Developer Phase: Failed trailer park proposal - Dorothy Mel Kulp (1972-1976): Henri Mel's granddaughter reacquired family property - 1975-1976 FIRES: Buildings destroyed (mansion, schoolhouse, guest houses) - Post-1976: Property subdivided for residential development KEY DISCOVERIES: - Villa Fontenay buildings survived until 1976 (coexisted with David Bruce, early Burnap era) - 77-year family circle: Henri lost property 1895, granddaughter reacquired 1972 - Resort phase confirms "speakeasy during Prohibition" rumors - Property split: mansion/resort → residential; vineyard → continuous viticulture Historical Significance expanded to 7 points including property transformation study, building survival, family return, Prohibition adaptation, and property fragmentation. Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel, December 26, 1976, "Vine Hill's Villa Fontenay Gives Way To Development" by Ruby Daniels Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

scmwine committed Apr 2, 2026