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Amador Vintners Who Rock

September 6, 2016 by Joe Becerra

These are a few of the Amador Vintners who are making Amador County rock in the world of wine. Some are old timers, progressing with the times, while others are new and energetic, eager to add their skills to the Amador wine scene.

Amador Vintners who rock

Scott Harvey

Scott Harvey – Pioneer of Amador wines

Scott Harvey

Scott Harvey grew up in the Sierra Foothills and began making wine professionally in 1975. Scott started his label, Scott Harvey Wines, in 2004. Scott’s style of winemaking is the result of his European wine training and his work with cutting-edge winemakers in California. His wines are restrained, geared for aging, but ready to enjoy now. Scott Harvey is one of the most influential winemakers in California. Scott Harvey Wines has a tasting room in Sutter Creek and a winery and tasting room on Shenandoah Valley Road, just outside Plymouth, CA. Please see Scott Harvey Wines.

Ann Kraemer

Ann Kraemer in her vineyard at Shake Ridge Ranch

Anne Kraemer

Anne Kraemer’s Shake Ridge Vineyards near Sutter Creek is one of the most prestigious vineyards in Amador County. Her grapes are highly praised and sought after. She sells her grapes to many boutique wineries, including several in the Napa Valley. She keeps small lots of varietals to produce her wine label, Yorba Wines. Anne has a Yorba Wines tasting room in Sutter Creek. The wines are beautiful wines. One interesting wine, and the only white at Yorba, is Greco di Oro. The grape is Greco di Tufo from the Campania region of Italy. Outstanding! Read more on Shake Ridge Ranch.

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Dick Cooper – Cooper Vineyards

Dick Cooper

The man of the Barbera grape. Dick Cooper began his grape-growing career in 1980, planting five acres of Barbera. Today, Cooper Vineyards has more than 85 acres of grape varieties, and just about half of those are Barbera. Like Anne Kraemer, Dick Cooper sells his prized

barbera-buckgrapes to many vintners in Amador and keeps the finest for his Cooper Vineyards label. Dick Cooper can spin a tale, but one we most like is about the Barbera Buck. He has a one-dollar bill framed with a signed agreement on it between him and a grower for Dolcetto and Barbera cuttings. The Cooper Vineyard wine list includes both Italian and new American wines. Cooper Vineyards has a beautiful winery and tasting room in Shenandoah Valley at 21365 Shenandoah School Road.

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Michael Havill pouring her delicious Grenache Blanc

Michael Havill

Michael Havill is one of the new winemakers in Amador and one of the few women winemakers. Michael and her husband purchased 50 acres of land in the Shenandoah Valley in the early 2000’s. In 2006 they founded the Bella Grace winery. The winery has quickly gained recognition for white wines and outstanding Zinfandel wine. There are two places to taste Bella Grace wines. The winery, caves and tasting opportunities are on 22715 Upton Road in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Bella Grace also has a quaint tasting room in nearby Sutter Creek.

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Paul Scotto with his Syrah and Viognier

Paul Scotto

Paul Scotto is an upcoming winemaker in both Amador County and Lodi wine country. He is a fifth-generation winemaker of the famous Scotto Family who has been farming grapes for a hundred or more years in Lodi. It has been Paul’s dream to own a winery, producing wines linking traditional and modern methods to make delicious and food-friendly wines. His label is Sera Fina Cellars. Paul makes most of his wine at the Lodi family location but does have a tasting room in Plymouth. The wines are well made and reflect the place of Amador County.

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Mark McKenna explains how he uses the concrete egg

Mark McKenna

Mark McKenna reflects a new breed of take-charge winemakers. He is the head winemaker at Andis Wines. Mark’s wines reflect a modern approach to winemaking using state-of-the-art winemaking equipment and techniques. His Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon wines are very crisp, refreshing and tropical. Our favorite reds are the Cabernet Franc and the Zinfandel from the 1869 Original Grandpere Vineyard. If you like Zinfandel, this is the one to try.  Please see Andis Wines.

Additional Amador County Information

  • Who makes wine from the 1869 Grandpere Vineyard
  • Amador Winery Road Map
  • Where to stay and dine in Sutter Creek and Plymouth

Filed Under: Amador County Tagged With: Amador Wine, Anne Kraemer, Dick Cooper, Scott Harvey

1869 Old Vine Zinfandel Vineyard in Amador Wine Country

August 16, 2016 by Joe Becerra

1869 Grandpere vineyard

Andis and their 1869 Old Vine Zinfandel

1869 Old Vine Zinfandel vineyards – Oldest Zin

Original Grandpere

Vino Noceto calls its Zinfandel OGP

When in Amador, visit wineries making wine from the oldest Zinfandel vineyard in the U.S.

The 1869 Old Vine Zinfandel vineyard is located in the Shenandoah Valley of Amador County. It is the oldest Zinfandel vineyard in California. It is also known as the Original Grandpere Vineyard. Only four wineries are able to purchase and make wine from this historic vineyard. These wineries are Andis Wines, Scott Harvey Wines, and Vino Noceto in the Amador County. The fourth winery, located in nearby Lodi, is Macchia Wines. The historic 1869 Grandpere is located on Steiner Road behind the Renwood Winery. You can view it from a distance, but it is off-limits to the public.

Vineyard 1869 Scott Harvey

Scott Harvey has renamed the Original Grandpere Vineyard as Vineyard 1869

Scott Harvey and his wife Terri purchased the vineyard in 1982 and Scott named it the Grandpere Vineyard. Later Scott and his wife divorced, and Terri is now the owner of this historic vineyard. It’s a little complicated but at some point, Renwood winery cloned some of the Grandpere vines and replanted another vineyard nearby with the cuttings. Renwood trademarked the name Grandpere, apparently unbeknownst to Terri Harvey. A huge court battle ensued with Renwood the winner. Terri is allowed to call this vineyard the Original Grandpere Vineyard.  Scott Harvey has tagged it Vineyard 1869. Needless to say, Renwood winery is not able to obtain any of the original old vine Zinfandel. Renwood winery later ran into financial difficulties and sold the winery in 2011 to an Argentine wine group. The current owners have revitalized the winery, but of course cannot make a single Zinfandel wine from the original vineyard.

When in Amador wine country, visit the wineries that make the Original Grandpere Zinfandel

Scott Harvey

Scott Harvey has two tasting rooms in Amador. In the gold country town of Sutter Creek, the Scott Harvey Tasting Room is open daily from 11am to 5 pm.  Scott also has a winery and tasting room on Shenandoah Road in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. This tasting room is open Thursday to Sunday, 11am to 5 pm. Scott is one of the original winemakers in this wine region and is well respected in the wine community. All of his wines are made in an old-world style and are food-friendly wines. The red wines will age wonderfully and as he states, “will develop bottle bouquet over time.” Please see Scott Harvey Wines for complete tasting information.

Vino Noceto

This is a wonderful family-owned winery. It is a small, very friendly winery and is lots of fun to visit. The winery was founded in 1987 by Suzy and Jim Gullet. The Vino Noceto winery specializes in Sangiovese wines, but does indeed produce a wonderful Zinfandel from the Original Grandpere Vineyard. They call it the OGP Zinfandel. It sells for $29 at the winery. Vino Noceto is open daily from 11am to 4 pm and is located on Shenandoah Road.  Please see the Vino Noceto Website for more details.

Andis Wines

Andis 1869 Vineyard Zin

The modern and industrial-style Andis Wines

Andis is one of the more recently-established wineries in the Shenandoah Valley. Its winery and tasting room are modern and spacious and a huge contrast to the more laid-back style of the older and established wineries in Amador. The winery produces a wide range of wines, from a tasty Sauvignon Blanc to the deep and complex Original Grandpere Zinfandel pictured at the top of the article. The Andis winery is open daily from 11am to 4:30 pm. Please see the Andis Wines Website for more details.

More information on visiting Amador Wine Country

  • About the amazing gold town of Sutter Creek
  • Shenandoah Wine Route – which wineries are the best to visit
  • A visit to Vino Noceto winery

Filed Under: Amador County Tagged With: 1869 Vineyard, Andis wines, Grandpere, Old vine Zinfandel, Scott Harvey, Vino Noceto

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