Asti, California

Asti is an unincorporated community in Sonoma County, California, United States. It is located near U.S. Route 101 in the Alexander Valley between Cloverdale, Geyserville and Healdsburg, and was named after the city in northern Italy (toponym in Italian instead of Piedmontese)

Asti, California
Truetts Station
The Asti Winery office building in Asti, California
Asti, California
Location within the state of California
Coordinates: 38°45′47″N 122°58′23″W
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySonoma
Named forProvince of Asti
Elevation
282 ft (86 m)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific)
  Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP code
95413 (retired after 1978)
95425
Area code707
FIPS code06-03036
GNIS feature ID1657958
Official nameItalian Swiss Colony
Reference no.621

In 1881, Andrea Sbarboro established two communities, Asti and Chianti, as part of his Italian Swiss Agricultural Colony. A plaque at the southeast corner of Asti Road and Asti Post Office Road commemorates the colony, whose wines won ten gold medals in international competition. The colony is California Historical Landmark #621.

Located in the Alexander Valley AVA, Asti is the home of Asti Winery. By the mid-1950s, it had become the second-most-visited destination in California, after Disneyland.

Asti had a post office which closed in 1978. It used the ZIP Code 95413. The community is now served by Cloverdale's ZIP Code, 95425.

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