The Grapes of ConquestHonorable Mention for the 2024 Frederick Jackson Turner Award Californias wine country conjures images of pastoral vineyards and cellars lined with oak barrels. As a mainstay of the states economy, California wines occupy the popular imagination like never before and drive tourism in famous viticultural regions across the state. Scholars know remarkably little, however, about the history of the wine industry and the diverse groups who built it. In