After Prohibition, Edwin Stewart Underhill Jr., President of the company went to Rheims, France and brought Charles Fournier, from Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, where he served as Production Manager.

He became the winemaker and production manager of Urbana Wine Company, and although intending to stay just a few years, remained employed there the rest of his life.

The company was known for introducing the European Vitis vinifera grape to the United States and for its production of Finger Lakes champagne.

They allowed grapes to grow in a cool climate, and to be resistant to the common phylloxtera louse, which decimated vineyards worldwide.

The buildings and some acreage were sold to Linda & John Giglio in the first decade of the 21st century, and their effort to "restore" the properties began.

The new owners are about to begin a bright new chapter in the restoration of the building, removing several cinder-block additions of more recent years.