A blend of history and whimsy at Sonoma's Gun Bun

Last year marked the Gundlach Bundschu sesquicentennial - the 150th anniversary of what may be the oldest family-owned winery in California. For the uninitiated on the winery's hard-to-pronounce name, your tasting room guide will show you a clever drawing of a gun, a lock, a (bread) bun and a shoe - most everyone simply calls the place Gun Bun. History - and a dose of humor - pervades this gracious property, where the building is covered in vines, and statues of gnomes and forest fairies perch on rock borders throughout the entry garden. Since Jacob Gundlach purchased the Sonoma property he named Rhinefarm in 1858 and Charles Bundschu joined as a partner in 1868, six generations of the Bundschu family have packed a lot of drama and high jinks in among their work on the 320 acres. They founded the Bacchus Club in 1897 to celebrate harvests in song, poetry and prose; black-and-white photos on the tasting room's stone walls show the clan dressed in silly nymph-style costumes. The family's San Francisco headquarters was wiped out by the great earthquake of 1906, so two years ago, the shoes winery threw a 100th anniversary party on the devastation site. In 1990, winery president and general manager Jim Bundschu donned a cape and mask and invaded the Napa Valley Wine Train to promote Sonoma wines and tourism. Four years later, his crew hijacked a tour bus of European travel writers visiting Napa with Virgin Airlines owner Richard Branson, and spirited them back to Gun Bun.The vibe

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