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V Marketplace
6525 Washington St.
Yountville, CA 94599
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Surrounded by lush picnic gardens, beautiful water features, and meandering cobblestone walkways, V Marketplace offers a unique variety of distinctive specialty shops, galleries, restaurants, a complete wine tasting cellar, and Napa Valley¹s original hot air balloon company. Special events and entertainment are scheduled year-round.
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Formerly the Groezinger Winery, the V Marketplace complex was originally built in the year 1870 by German-born vintner Gottlieb Groezinger. One of the largest facilities of its day, the Groezinger Winery and family home occupied more than half of the 23-acre Groezinger Estate. It included a massive brick winery, a brandy distillery, a steam power plant, creamery, brick stables and barns, and a two-story estate mansion to the north of the property. The property was sold by the Groezinger family in 1889, but remained an operating winery under successive owners until 1955.
In 1966, the old winery, abandoned and in disrepair, was almost lost to the wrecking ball for the $30,000 sum that its antique bricks would bring on the salvage market. But as good fortune would have it, a group of local business people purchased the 23-acre Groezinger Estate and began the initial conversion and restoration that would be the property's second incarnation. Hosting a handful of specialty shops and two small cafes, the buildings were reopened in 1968 as the Vintage 1870 specialty shop complex. Over the past 40 years, and under subsequent ownership, the buildings have undergone continuing restoration to carefully blend the character and charm of yesteryear with the richness of the present day.
Since opening in 1968, V Marketplace has distinguished itself as Napa Valley's landmark icon of shopping, entertainment and special events. The center now welcomes over half a million visitors from around the globe through its doors each year.
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