Board of State Viticultural Commissioners


Board of State Viticultural Commissioners was established in 1880 in the U.S. state of California. The board's office was located 526 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.

Responsibilities

It was the responsibility of the Board to meet semi-annually to consult and to adopt such measures as may best promote the progress of the viticultural industries of the State. It was their duty to select and appoint competent and qualified persons to deliver at least one lecture each year in each of the viticultural districts, for the purpose of illustrating practical viticultural topics, and imparting instruction in methods of culture, pruning, fertilizing, fermenting, distilling, and rectifying, treating diseases of the vine, raisin drying, and others, and to disseminate useful knowledge relating to viticulture by printed documents or correspondence. The Board devoted especial attention to the study of the phylloxera and other diseases of the vine, and made recommendations in their semi-annual reports regarding the protection of vineyards.

Representation

The nine members included two members-at-large and seven others representing the seven viticultural districts:
  1. Sonoma District
  2. Napa District
  3. San Francisco District
  4. Los Angeles District
  5. Sacramento District
  6. San Joaquin District
  7. El Dorado District

    Commissioners

The first appointed commissioners were: