My Step-Grandfather's name went from Grgich to Grich , but I don't know where he was from Karen Heiser Weed, Siskiyou, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "kari bars" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:50 AM Subject: RE: [CROATIA-L] ... and with every good meal... > Question... > My family name is GRGURICH - - - very little luck researching their 1917 immigration (miner in Houghton, Painesdale, Michigan) > How would you think I would find this name spelled. Can't find anything close to his name. > Philip GRGURICH and Anna GRGURICH (Spoljarich) > both born in Croatia (as per sons 1917 birth certificate in Michigan) > This email you sent about Mike Grgich, a Croatian immigrant prompted me to ask what you thought. > What spellings should I look for? > Thank you so much in advance for any suggestions, > Kari Bars > > > Robert Jerin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dr., > > We visited his winery several years ago, he is quite the character, very personable. One of my wife's favorites is his Violetta Wine, named after his daughter. > > Ah yes that is our late great President, a friend of the Croatian people and a lover of the only jelly bean to my liking, Jelly Bellys and now I see he was a fan of my favorite CA winery. Ah, where is Dutch when ya need him! > > Robert > > "Dr. Andrew Nixon" wrote: > A note about Mike Grgich, a Croatian immigrant. His was the first non-French > (i.e. California) wine to be used at a State dinner, during the Regan > administration. I've been to his winery and met and spoken to him. He's > about 90 and his lovely daughter runs most of it. > > Andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Jerin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 4:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CROATIA-L] ... and with every good meal... > > "I know of no work in English that comes close to equaling the detail or > depth of Piljac's treatment of the wine history of her nation. > Of particular interest to American readers and to wine's recent past is her > personal involvement in the scientific solution to one of the most baffling > mysteries of modern viticultural history - that is the discovery of the > probable European origins of California's world famous Zinfandel grape." > -Prof. Charles L. Sullivan > American wine writer and author of Encyclopedia of California Wine History > > http://www.crozinfandel.com/index.htm > > http://www.xlsimports.com/purchase.htm > > And if you want a true Zinfandel, not the pink stuff, Grgich Hills (after > Mike Grgich and an heir to Hills Bros. Coffee) has one of the best IMHO. > > http://www.grgich.com/index.html > > @ivio ! > > Robert > > > > > Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out about a > wonderful tour of Croatia! > > http://www.kollander-travel.com/ > > > > > > Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out about a wonderful tour of Croatia! > > http://www.kollander-travel.com/ > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger > Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. > >