{"nrhp_refnum":"79000545","name":"Picchetti Brothers Winery","other_names":["Picchetti Ranch"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Cupertino at 13100 Montebello Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cupertino","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.29437227500006,"lon":-122.09037175299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ranch and winery complex of seven buildings at 13100 Montebello Road, southwest of Cupertino, Santa Clara County, California, built between about 1880 and 1920 by the Picchetti brothers. The nominated area covers 1.54 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the ranch is significant for its association with the agricultural heritage of the Santa Clara Valley. It is one of few surviving remnants of ordinary ranch life at the turn of the century and an example of a family-operated vineyard and winery typical of the valley and foothills. The complex remains essentially unchanged in its setting and design.","narrative":"Picchetti Ranch, on Montebello Road southwest of Cupertino, is a complex of seven buildings dating from about 1880 to 1920. Its centerpiece is a red brick winery built into a hillside in 1896, with a rough stone cellar, redwood and oak tanks, and a large carved European cask. Nearby are two houses, a wash house, grape pressing house, blacksmith shop, stable and garage. The brothers Secondo and Vincenso Picchetti were the first settlers on the ridge they named Monte Bello, and they were the first to plant grapes there. Wine was bottled under the Picchetti Bros. label until 1963. The ranch was listed because it is one of few surviving examples of ordinary ranch life at the turn of the century and of the small family wineries common in the Santa Clara Valley. The buildings keep their original design details, and the surrounding orchards, hills and oak woodland remain a protected rural setting managed as public park land.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by a regional open space district as public park land. The winery is described as unaltered and in good condition, and the other buildings are in fair to excellent condition. The house has been remodelled as a ranger residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.735598-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000545.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000545/9db9e64a25-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000545/9db9e64a25-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Grey3k","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Picchetti_Ranch_winery.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Grey3k</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Picchetti_Ranch_winery.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861763","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picchetti_Brothers_Winery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7190579"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/picchetti-brothers-winery-79000545/"}