1911	Walter C. Ficklin Sr. brings his family to the San Joaquin Valley from Illinois.
1918	Walter C. Ficklin Sr., and wife Mame, buy land in Madera California.
1930's	U.C. Davis conducts field trials of Portuguese grape varieties in San Joaquin Valley.
1945	The Ficklin family grafts first Portuguese grape varietals onto their vineyard rootstocks.
1945	Walter C. Ficklin Jr. becomes vineyard manager.
September, 1946	Ficklin Vineyards is incorporated.
1946	David Ficklin constructs original winery building from hand-made adobe bricks.
1948	David Ficklin becomes winemaker at Ficklin Vineyards.
August, 1948	First crush at Ficklin Vineyards, 18 tons of grapes.
August, 1949	Second crush at Ficklin Vinyards, 45 tons of grapes.
October, 1952	Release of first Ficklin Tinta Port, with 10 retail outlets in California.
1959	Release of Special Bottling #1, 1951 Touriga, bottled in 1954.
1963	Release of Special Bottling #2, Lot #5, Non-vintage Tinta Port, bottled in February, 1957.
1965	Release of Special Bottling #3, 1953 Tinta Madeira, bottled in February, 1957.
November, 1968	Release of Special Bottling #4, 1957 Tinta Madeira, bottled February 26 & 27, 1960.
1975	Walter C. Ficklin, Jr. retires and son, Steven Ficklin, assumes full vineyard management duties.
March, 1978	Peter Ficklin completes enology studies at U.C. Davis and joins David Ficklin as assistant winemaker.
July, 1983	David B. Ficklin retires and Peter Ficklin assumes full winemaking duties. Jean Ficklin becomes president of Ficklin Vineyards.
November, 1987	Release of Special Bottling #5, 1980 Vintage Port, bottled in April, 1983.
February, 1991	Peter Ficklin appointed president of Ficklin Vineyards. He retains his position as winemaker as well.
September, 1991	Release of Special Bottling #6, 1983 Vintage Port, bottled in May, 1987.
August, 1993	Release of Special Bottling #7, 1986 Vintage Port, bottled in 1989.
August, 1995	Winemaker Peter Ficklin releases Lot #1 of the new Aged 10 Year Tawny Port.
March, 1998	Winery founder and original winemaker, David B. Ficklin, passes away.
August, 2001	The winery tasting room opens on weekends from 11 to 5, and the PORTfolio Society is founded.
June, 2002	Madera Vintners Association hosts its first wine trail.
August, 2002	Ficklin releases the 1991 Vintage Port and its first Chardonnay.
August, 2002	Jean Ficklin passes away.
June, 2003	Walter Ficklin, original viticulturalist, passes away.
September, 2003	Our flagship port, the Tinta Port, has a label change for the first time in more than 50 years. It is now the Old Vine Tinta Port.
October, 2003	Ficklin releases its first Cabernet Sauvignon-available only from the winery.
November, 2003	The Aged 10 Years Tawny port also gets a new label. White on black, instead of black on white.
October, 2004	Ficklin releases its table wine Vinha Velha, a blend of Portuguese Varietals.
February, 2005	Ficklin releases its first Rosé.
April, 2005	The Adagio Light Port Blanc Lot #3 was released.
September, 2006	The Chocolate and Raspberry Passport was released.

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