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Sonoma Cheese Factory
The Sonoma Cheese Factory is a cheese producer and specialty food store with a wine shop and café in Sonoma, California in the United States. History Early history (1835-1944) The Sonoma Cheese Factory is located on the former site of the home of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, Casa Grande, which was built in 1835. The home burned down in 1867. Between 1888 and 1941, the property housed a blacksmith shop, a wagon shop, and a feed mill. By 1944, the buildings were demolished. From Prohibition to cheesemaking (1931-1945) Born in Stazzema, Italy in 1886, when Celso Viviani was 24 years old he moved from Italy to Sonoma, California, where his brother lived. Viviani worked at a local quarry and managed a distillery at Sebastiani Vineyards. When Prohibition in the United States, Prohibition began, the Sebastiani Vineyards stopped producing wine and Viviani started to make cheese at the now defunct Sonoma Mission Creamery. The Sonoma Mission Creamery was founded by Joseph Vella and John I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
