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The Jacuzzi Family Vineyards Winery will house winemaking
and olive oil production facilities. An existing wine label available
through the neighboring Cline Cellars winery, Jacuzzi specializes in
ultra-premium, Italian-styled wines that honor the Jacuzzi heritage
of invention and winemaking. That theme is carried forward in a design
that recalls the vernacular architecture of the Jacuzzi family’s former
home in Udine, Italy, and borrows heavily from precedents established
by medieval monasteries.
Achieving an immediate sense of permanence and history, the new winery
is a complex of smaller stone and stucco-clad structures organized around
a central courtyard. Traditional architectural details and natural materials
add to the visitor’s sense that the buildings pre-date their actual
construction. The manipulation of the massing of the overall structure,
the collision of varying roof forms, and the subtle changing of architectural
detailing add to the perception that the building complex was created
by different hands over a long period of time.
The winery’s Courtyard and basilica-like Barrel Room pull double-duty
as venues for private special events. The vertical thrust of the Stair
Tower contrasts the horizontality of the surrounding vineyards and provides
an overlook of wetlands draining toward the San Pablo Bay and views
to distant mountain ranges.
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