Apply winery template to Mount Eden Vineyards
Complete rewrite of MOUNT-EDEN.md using standardized winery template:
Template Structure Applied:
- Infobox with full metadata (founded 1945/1972, founders, winemakers, vineyards)
- Comprehensive chronology (1901-present)
- History sections (Founding, Martin Ray Era, Partnership Dispute, Mount Eden Vineyards)
- Wines/Viticulture (varietals, vineyard sources, production style, aging potential)
- Facilities (tasting, solar array)
- Relationships (people, vineyards, related wineries, institutions)
- Historical Significance (canonical benchmark, clonal material, quality philosophy continuity, Burgundian model)
- Current Status
- Research leads
- Sources split into Primary/Oral/Secondary/Web
- Confidence Notes
Key Content Additions:
- Full Paul Masson → Martin Ray → Mount Eden lineage
- Clonal material importance to California viticulture
- Partnership dispute details
- Jeffrey Patterson era (1981-present)
- Burgundian model in California
- Replanting timeline (1984+)
- Solar sustainability (2003)
Preserved old version as MOUNT-EDEN-OLD.md for reference.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Continue enriching winery entries with ChatGPT research sources (part 2)
Update DAVID-BRUCE-WINERY.md:
- Add detailed founding timeline (1961 established, 1964 bonded)
- Add 1976 Judgment of Paris participation (1973 Chardonnay)
- Add technical/stylistic innovations context
- Add Kathryn Kennedy connection (David Bruce clone material 1973)
- Add comprehensive sources
Update MOUNT-EDEN.md:
- Reorganize with detailed History section
- Add Paul Masson antecedent connection (1942 sale, 1945 founding)
- Add old selections preservation significance
- Add "canonical quality benchmark" status
- Add comprehensive related entries and sources
Update THOMAS-FOGARTY.md:
- Refine timeline (1977 land assembly, 1978 plantings, 1979 Martella, 1981 commercial launch)
- Distinguish between estate founding (1978) and commercial launch (1981)
Update KATHRYN-KENNEDY-WINERY.md:
- Add complete founding story (1973 planting with David Bruce clones)
- Add Mount Eden fruit sales (1975-1977)
- Add 1979 winery establishment
- Add women-led estate significance
- Add comprehensive sources and related entries
Update HALLCREST.md:
- Add 1880s Hall family roots
- Expand detailed timeline (1941 planting, 1945 winery, 1946 first vintage)
- Add "one of three SC Mountains wineries" context
- Add Cabernet/Riesling benchmark reputation
- Add mid-century bridging significance
- Add Hallcrest Vineyards history source
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Update MI-MO section wineries with factual information
Batch 21: Updated wineries from MI through MOUNT with current information, removed dead/blocked websites.
**Updated:**
- MINDEGO-RIDGE-VINEYARD: 10-acre estate, Ehren Jordan winemaker, small-lot Pinot/Chard
- MODEL-FARM-WINES: Detailed Santa Cruz Mountains P·M Staiger vineyard info, primarily Sonoma County sourcing
- MONTALLEGRO-VINEYARDS: Arata family 1.25-acre Cabernet, 92-point Wine Spectator ratings
- MOUNT-EDEN: Patterson family stewardship, 2000-ft elevation estate, appointment-only tastings
**Removed dead/blocked websites:**
- MILAGRO-VINEYARDS: Website inactive
- MIZKAN-AMERICA: Website blocked (403) - food/beverage company, likely vinegar production
- MONTE-VERDE-VINEYARDS: Website inactive
- MORGAN-HILL-CELLARS: Website blocked (403)
- MORRISON-FAMILY-WINERY: Website inactive
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fix all single-column tables to proper two-column format and add missing headings
Fix formatting issues: add spaces around links, fix table structure, improve headings
Fix all wiki links - replace spaces with hyphens for proper GitHub Wiki URLs
Import SCM Wine wiki content from 2014 archive
- 353 winery and vineyard pages converted from HTML to Markdown
- 47 images of wineries, vineyards, and wine labels
- Includes information on Santa Cruz Mountains wineries, owners, winemakers, contact details, and wine varieties
Original archive date: October 19, 2014
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>