O’Connell Vineyards & Vine Hill House

The O’Connell family came from County Cork, Ireland and settled in the Sebastopol area in the early 1900s. They began apple farming in 1913. James E. O’Connell purchased the land in 1935 on which the O’Connell Vineyard and Vine Hill House stands today. O’Connell Ranches is still a working apple ranch, vineyard and guesthouse operated by Dan O’Connell and his wife, Jan, who is also a native of Sonoma County. In the Russian River Valley, apples and grapes are symbiotic, with vineyards thriving next to or in place of former apple orchards.

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