The emergence of Spring Mountain Vineyard, and early, important winery in the story of Napa's rise as the world-class wine-growing region, begins with the late Knight Michael Robbins.

In 1963, the Iowa-born Korean War veteran and San Franciso real estate mogul purchased a Victorian house in St. Helena, California, west of Highway 29, and established Spring Mountain Vineyard (later, it would become the home of St. Clement).

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