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Moraga Estate is an American estate, vineyard and winery in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. As of 2013, it was owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. OverviewThe estate included a 7,500-square-foot, nine-fireplace Mediterranean Revival–style mansion and guest house, a Provençal-style garden, and sixteen acres of vineyards.[1][2][3][4][5] LocationIt was located in Moraga Canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains, in the hilly part of the upscale neighborhood of Bel Air in Los Angeles, California.[1][2][6][3][4][7] Moraga Canyon was already home to wild grapes, as noted by Fr. Juan Crespí (1721–1782) in his diary during the expedition of Gaspar de Portolà (1716–1784) in August 1769.[1] It was five miles from the Pacific Ocean, and 600 to 900 feet in elevation.[2] It could be seen from Interstate 405 and from the J. Paul Getty Museum.[2][6] HistoryIt was owned by film director Victor Fleming (1889-1949), who used it as a horse ranch in the 1930s and 1940s.[1][2][3] Frequent guests to Fleming's estate were Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Ingmar Bergman and Spencer Tracy.[2] In 1959, it was purchased by Thomas V. Jones, who served as chief executive of the Northrop Corporation for thirty years, and his wife Ruth.[1][2][3][4][5][7] They turned the estate into a vineyard, by planting a terraced vineyard in 1978.[1][2][7][5] In 1986, they purchased additional adjacent land to expand the vineyard.[4] In 2005, new winery facilities were built on site.[6] In 2013, it was purchased by Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive officer of the News Corporation, after he saw an advertisement in a newspaper he owns, The Wall Street Journal.[2][5][8][9] WinesUnder the brand Moraga Vineyards, it grew the following varietals of Bordeaux wine: Cabernet, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon blanc.[1][2][6][3][4] It is grown on naturally deep gravel soil and annual rainfall of 24 inches.[1][2] The first wine, the Moraga Red Table Wine, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, was made by winemaker Tony Soter in 1989 and sold in 1992.[1][3][7] The first Moraga White Table Wine was produced in 1998 and released in 2000.[1] The current winemaker is Scott Rich.[6] The wines were served at the Bel Air Bar and Grill, Bel-Air Country Club, The Beverly Hills Hotel, Patina, Spago, and Morton's The Steakhouse.[2] They have received good reviews from wine critics Jancis Robinson and Robert M. Parker, Jr..[6] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Official website: History {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508190722/http://www.moragavineyards.com/history.php |date=2013-05-08 }} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Meg James, Rupert Murdoch buys Moraga Vineyards estate in Bel Air, Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2013 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 S. Irene Virbila, Moraga Vineyards in Bel Air for sale, Los Angeles Times, February 08, 2013 4. ^1 2 3 4 Dan Berger, Moraga Vineyards: Appellation Controlee Bel Air, The Los Angeles Times, January 09, 1992 5. ^1 2 3 Tim Fish, Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch Buys Moraga Vineyards, Wine Spectator, May 13, 2013 6. ^1 2 3 4 5 Corie Brown, Finally, a winery in Bel-Air, Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2005 7. ^1 2 3 Charles Lewis Sullivan, A Companion to California Wine: An Encyclopedia of Wine and Winemaking from the Mission Period to the Present, Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1998, p. 224 [https://books.google.com/books?id=GhJJElLJn5cC&pg=PA224&dq=moraga+wine&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0vuOUebSLpK6hAf0pIGoBw&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=moraga%20wine&f=false] 8. ^Will Colvin, Rupert Murdoch Has Just Bought A Vineyard {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618062833/http://au.businessinsider.com/rupert-murdoch-has-just-bought-a-vineyard-2013-5 |date=2013-06-18 }}, Business Insider Australia, May 11, 2013 9. ^Rupert Murdoch Confirms Plans to Purchase Bel Air Vineyard, The Hollywood Reporter, May 10, 2013 External links
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