Zicovich Winery

Summary

Business	Winery
Main Location	San Jose

The Zicovich Winery, run by Stephen Zicovich, was a local winery operating in San Jose at the turn of the 19th century. Their winery was located on San Carlos Street, just west of the narrow gauge railroad tracks. The original building burned in 1899 in a fire that also destroyed the Castle Brothers packing house next door. The building was brick, built in the previous ten years. A cooperage for the winery sat at the front of the lot. A cellar held the wine casks. Next to the winery was the Castle Brothers packing house, a former hay warehouse built of brick. The newspaper article on the fire notes that wine prices had dropped in recent years.

Newspaper articles on the fire comment on the appearance of this neighborhood on the edge of San Jose and outside fire department boundaries. There was a cooper at the front of the property, a junk peddler, and a couple residences. Across the tracks was the Great Western Can Company. Across San Carlos was a blacksmith (one's listed in 1896 directory at San Carlos and Sunol.) A blacksmith shop operated across San Carlos St.

In later years, Stephen Zicovich also sold dried fruit. He later operated the Lincoln Winery at 971 West San Carlos in 1911.

Locations

Location	Years	Address	Details
San Jose	-1899	San Carlos Street, west of narrow gauge.