The Weibel Family has been producing champagne/sparkling wines and premium wine, specifically Green Hungarian, for over 75 years, first in their native Switzerland and since 1939 in California. When Fred E. Weibel Sr. and his father Rudolf came to California, they brought with them classic old world winemaking techniques and traditions, combined with a personal commitment to quality and excellence.

In 1945 Rudolf Weibel and his son Fred Sr. purchased the historic Leland Stanford Winery in Mission San Jose, California. It was in this location that the winery experienced phenomenal growth and established itself as one of the largest custom champagne houses in the United States.

In the 1970's, under the leadership of Fred Sr. and Fred Jr., the winery began purchasing land in the Mendocino County, and today owns over 400 acres of prime vineyards. It was also during this time that the Santa Clara Valley began experiencing rapid growth due to the pressures of Silicon Valley. Consequently, the vineyard land in Mission San Jose became more valuable for homes than for vineyard use. Because of this, the Weibel's relocated their bottling facility in April 1996 to Woodbridge, California where the winery has plenty of room for expansion.

Today, Weibel Vineyards is under the direction of Fred E. Weibel, Jr., president and owner. Working along with him is Marlene Weibel (Fred Sr.'s Wife), cousin Gary Habluetzel and daughter Elise Weibel, and they are learning to carry on the traditions of hard word and excellence established many years ago by Rudolf Weibel.

Currently, our winery has over 400 active custom labels, and is incorporating high tech graphics into our custom label program in order to develop innovative and exciting label designs for our customers. This, couples with a quality product at a competitive price, is keeping Weibel at the forefront of the Custom Label Champagne Business in the United States.

For questions or comments, or to order our products, please contact us at 1-800-932-9463 or e-mail us at weibelwines@sbcglobal.net.



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