[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 130 (Thursday, September 10, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1254]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF GUGLIELMO WINERY

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 10, 2015

  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, the Santa Clara Valley, or Silicon Valley, 
is home to many successful businesses that were founded by immigrants. 
I rise today to recognize one such business, Guglielmo Winery, which is 
celebrating the ninetieth anniversary of its establishment this year. 
In 1908, Emilio Guglielmo departed from the small town of Susa, in the 
Piedmont region of Italy, in search of the American dream. Upon his 
arrival in San Francisco, Emilio began working at a tannery, and his 
wife Emilia worked at a French laundry. After fifteen years of hard 
work, the Guglielmos had set aside enough to purchase fifteen acres in 
Morgan Hill, where they established their winery. Emilia and Emilio 
passed the winery down to their son George W. and his wife Madeline in 
1945. Guglielmo Winery is now in its third generation of family 
ownership--jointly managed by Emilio's grandsons George E., Gene, and 
Gary--and holds title as the oldest continuously operating family-owned 
winery in the Santa Clara Valley. On September 12, Guglielmo Winery 
will celebrate this significant milestone in traditional Guglielmo 
fashion: with friends, family, and wine. I congratulate them on this 
significant milestone and wish the Guglielmos many years of fruitful 
harvests.

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