Cazadero Winery
Our Story
Frank (St Ignatius College Prep, Class of 1956, USF & SRJC) and Ronita Sundin Egger (Montgomery High School, Class of 1959) stand at the Manor bus stop in Fairfax, CA. This old “train” station sign was restored and placed on the Manor bus stop by the Town during the first of Frank’s 7 terms as mayor of Fairfax. Note the sign’s language, “To Cazadero 65.53 miles and to San Francisco 18.72 miles”.
The Egger family traveled from San Francisco by ferry to Sausalito and then by train up through Marin and Fairfax in 1918. The North Western Pacific line stopped at Manor Station to allow passengers to get off and buy refreshments at the Manor Grocery on its way to Cazadero (Via Pt. Reyes Station up along Tomales Bay to Tomales and then into Sonoma County, Valley Ford to Occidental, Monte Rio, Duncans Mills and into Cazadero).
One hundred and five years later, Frank and Ronita live in Fairfax and own the Cazadero Winery. The winery’s home office is located in Fairfax and the winery facility where Cazadero Wine is produced is at Healdsburg Custom Crush, 25 Healdsburg Avenue in Healdsburg.
Cazadero is where the Egger family summered from 1918 on and planted the Egger family vineyard in 1922. The Egger family ranch in Cazadero is long gone, lost by the family at the end of the Depression. Five generations of Eggers have summered in Cazadero with a number of them staying at the old Egger cabin on Bei Road.
