Frank Emmolo
Rue Ziegler, cultural anthropologist and RDS board member, conducted this interview with Frank Emmolo on July 18th, 2002. The excerpts below cover the period from 1935 to the present day.
Frank's father, Salvatore, came to America from Italy after the first world war. Salvatore and his four brothers ran a cannery in Cloverdale. When that cannery burned they came to Rutherford and started a winery on Galleron road.
In addition to the cannery and the winery the Emmolo brothers also had a booming rootstock business. Frank took over the rootstock business from his father and still owns it today.
Father Salvatore starts a winery
Salvatore Emmolo's rootstock business
Foreign Workers for Salvatore Emmolo