GROWERS CORNER

The proximity to the lake with cooling breezes along with seasonably warm days make this area ideal for growing grapes that produce spectacular and award winning wines.

After exploring a number of places, our hearts became linked to a small 25 acre parcel tucked in a narrow valley just outside the town of Angels Camp. The dirt was warm and red, rich with minerals and the sun seemed to hit the land just right. Whether we found this place or it found us, our journey led us to this home that held the promise for something special, “Prospect 772”.

Family grown Zinfandel and Petite Sirah for friends & family produced wine.

Dalton Vineyard was founded in 2001 by Jim Dalton, inspired by his daughter's words, "Dad, you loved two things in life, gardening and wine. Why don't you go out and start a vineyard or something." Jim worked hard and bulldozed over 30 acres of land at the turn of the century to make his vision a reality. By 2005, the vineyard's syrah had been made into an award-winning wine at the California state fair (double gold).

Grapes planted in the spring of 2019.

28 rows of Petite Sirah, 5 rows of Zinfandel and a fence line of Alicante Bouschet and Teroldego. The vineyard is a half an acre, all on a fully automatic drip system with well established vines producing one and a half to two tons of grapes anually.

Family owned vineyard created by Carl & Bob Moody in 1992 after the Old Gulch fire. Vineyard planted at 3,000 elevation in Murphys, CA since 1995 - produces 7-10 tons annually depending on mother nature.

Sustainably farmed using sheep for grass managements. Grapes have produced silver medal winners at several wine shows since 2002. Cabernet Sauvignon (110-R Clone 7 root stock).

We are a very small vineyard at 2800 ft. elevation in West Point, Calaveras County. We have approximately 1,000 vines of Zinfandel (9 years old) and 230 vines of Alicante Bouschet (12-18 years old). Though we only produce around one ton annually of our Alicante, we believe that our vineyard is one of the highest, if not the highest elevations for this varietal in the State. (Three Daughters Vineyard - Zinfandel, Old Victorian Vineyard - Alicante Bouschet)

A California Certified Sustainable Vineyard and hand-crafted boutique winery, on a peninsula surrounding New Melones Reservoir. The unique growing conditions here: high elevation, rolling hills, warm afternoon breezes off the lake, make the ideal conditions for all of our 12 varieties of wine grapes. Our Syrah is most plentiful, winning awards for decades. Charbono, Verdejo, and Tempranillo were grafted Spring 2020.

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Cavern Vineyards is a premium producer of Syrah, Tempranillo, Malbec, Barbera and Petite Sirah. Located in Mountain Ranch, Cavern Vineyards sits at an elevation of 2100 feet.

1,500 vines planted on a south facing slope at 2,300' elevation.

Small-scale (200 vines. 1/3 acre) family vineyard in Murphys Ranch; planted in 2018.

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Prindle House Cellars is a collaborative effort which crosses generational and county lines. The goals of Prindle House Cellars are to produce and procure ripe sound hand picked grapes which are as pure as possible, and from them create low intervention wines which are balanced through blending. This practice of winemaking requires many different varieties from numerous locations. Therefore, although the epicenter of Prindle House Cellars operations is the original winery within Prindle House Historic Landmark in Mokelumne Hill. Vineyard operations extend all the way to Symphony Oaks in West Lodi and grapes are sourced from many vineyards between. Estate grapes, not for sale, include Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Syrah, Thompson and Tokay.

Small 3 acre vineyard, southwest facing hillside. Pinot Grigio, Sangiovese and Tannat planted in May 2008. Barbera grafted on to the Pinot Noir in April 2017.

Organic and sustainably farmed vineyard producing approximately 8 to 10 tons of fruit.

The vineyard is nestled in the Esmeralda Valley of San Andreas. We cultivate 65 acres of hand crafted and award winning grapes. We have 13 varietals. Located at the 1500 foot elevation, we experience warmer days and cooler evenings. The first plantings started in 1981 and we continue to replant our vineyard for optimal quality.

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This half acre Mourvedre vineyard is located on a terraced, rocky, SW facing slope of Soap Stone Hill at 2,500 feet elevation near Murphys. The vines were planted in 2015 and produce about 1.25 Tons annually.

Certified Sustainable - 7 acres of premium wine grapes planted in a valley outside Angels camp. Soils are made up of a friable old shale mostly, one block is a heavy adobe clay. Vineyard is composed of 3 varieties all trellised Vertically with small x-arms to offer some protection from the sun. Four acres are Sauvignon Blanc of a clone from the Loire Valley. Two acres are planted to Petite Sirah and lastly one acre is Barbera.

Certified Sustainable - Six Mile Vineyard is 84 acres in production with 9 varieties of grapes. The vineyard is a certified sustainable vineyard through the Lodi rules program.

Tailem Bend Vineyards was established in 2007 at 2,350' elevation in Mountain Ranch. The 5 acre vineyard features three different clones of Zinfandel.