Amador County
Sierra Foothills
The Amador County wine region is part of the well known Sierra Foothills AVA. Amador County has two appellations; Shenandoah Valley and Fiddletown, both located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains east of California’s capital, Sacramento. This wine region is rugged and picturesque with most of the grapes planted at altitudes of 1200-2000ft.
The climate of hot sunny days and cool evenings help the grapes to retain the acidity necessary for balanced wines. Add to the climate soils rich in iron, decomposed granite with veins of sandy clay loam, and you get vines that put down deep and strong root systems. Many of those rugged vines that were planted back in the Gold Rush days are still producing ripe, robust Zinfandel for which the area has become famous.
In addition to Zinfandel the region also produces Italian favorites Sangiovese and Barbera, as well as Rhône Valley varieties such as Syrah and Viognier. All of these varietals have been featured in each of our six wine clubs over the years.
1850 Wine Cellars
Proudly offering high-quality wines while honoring the viticultural history of California
Founded in the Gold Country hillsides of El Dorado County, 1850 Wine C ...
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Scott Harvey Wines
"I am really an old world winemaker in the new wine world"
Vineyard 1869 is a special bottling produced by Scott Harvey Wines wit ...
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Andis Wines
A family-owned winery from Amador County setting out to share their distinctive style
A passion project created by two successful entrepreneurs from Hawaii, ...
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Helwig Winery
A top winery producing marvelous wines and achieving impressive scores in Amador County
It is indeed fortunate that Nancy Helwig is originally from around Sac ...
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