We stumbled upon this plaque while we were grabbing a cup of coffee right next door. the whole plaza is themed to the history of the winery. its actually really awesome to see bits and pieces of it referenced throughout the parking lot. i enjoyed seeing the historical portion of this shopping plaza.

Inscription:Established by Tiburcio Tapia, to whom the Cucamonga Rancho was granted March 3, 1839 by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado of Mexico.This was Californias oldest commercial winery. The winerys two 1400-gallon oak aging casks were not coopered locally, but were carried around the Horn on a clipper ship.Missionaries brought grape vines to Mexico and California in the late 1700s to provide sacramental wines. In fact, the Mission San Gabriel vineyard provided the Black Mission Grape cuttings used by Tapia to establish his Mother Vineyard in 1839: twelve rows each with forty-seven plants. Six years later, his 13,000-acre property contained more than 3400 vines.