Felix Salmina arrived from Switzerland in the 1860’s and in 1892 purchased this winery, which had been established in 1884 by Lillian Hitchcock Coit. He converted it into a larger facility using stone quarried from nearby hills and expanded the vineyards. Initially, grapes sold for $5.00 per ton and wine for 5 cents a gallon. After prohibition, Larkmead developed a reputation as “one of the outstanding wine processing plants” in the Napa Valley. Hans Kornell later produced sparkling wines here, and in 1993 the Frank Family took over operations and continued producing both sparkling and still wines.