Historical Winery Record 12

This page provides context for a numbered winery URL associated with the former Chalone Wine Group website. The original listing has not been independently reproduced here. The number is a technical identifier within an old site structure, not evidence of a particular estate or wine.

Why numbered winery pages existed

Database-backed publishing systems often assigned numbers to records. That allowed site owners to update content without changing the overall page template. For visitors, the directory or surrounding navigation supplied the meaning that the URL itself did not convey.

Historical links and their limitations

Older articles may still link to these addresses. Such links are valuable as clues to the web’s publishing history, but they do not establish the original record’s full text. A responsible archive should separate the known URL and its likely organizational role from unverified claims about the content.

Finding broader context

For a discussion of how historical listings worked, read the historical winery directory. The California winery records overview explores the relationship between producer identity and region. More about the scope of this project appears on the archive overview.