Strong WineBold, flamboyant, extravagant, devious, visionary, Agoston Haraszthy (1812 1869) is one of the most fascinatingand elusivefigures in the history of American agriculture. Apart from his pioneer efforts to establish a world class wine industry in California, he holds other important distinctions: he was the first Hungarian to permanently settle in the United States, author of only the second Hungarian language book about the United States, founder of