Peter Stetson

Review of California Culinary Academy

Greystone was also the first California winery to ...

Greystone was also the first California winery to be operated and illuminated by electricity, produced by a boiler and gas generator located in a mechanical room below the building's central front wing.



The cornerstone was laid on June 15, 1888; beneath it was laid, several bottles of wine, a copy of a St. Helena Star and San Francisco newspapers, and foreign and rare coins.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

The building changed ownership several times in St Helena and was notably owned by the Christian Brothers as a winery from 1945 to 1989. It was used as a winery until its sale to the CIA in 1993.