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Clarksburg Wine Region
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Just Outside Of Sacramento Is California’s Wildly Underrated Wine Region With Incredible Vineyards And Sips
When you think of California wine country, Napa Valley — the iconic wine destination with Tuscany vibes — is probably the first place that comes to mind. With over 400 estates tucked into...
Bump City Wine Co.: A Melodic Celebration of Music and Wine
Getting to Know Bump City Wine CoWelcome to Bump City Wine Co, where music, wine, and friendship come together to create an unforgettable experience. This Sonoma-based wine company was founded...
The Enduring Harvest: A Saga of Six Generations with the Bogle Family
1st GenerationCaptain AJ Bogle's adventurous spirit led him from the hills of Tennessee to the fertile lands of the California Delta in the late 1870s. Leaving behind familiar territory, he...
Sacramento Delta Wineries Launch New Venture: The Clarksburg Winery Collective
Clarksburg Winery Collective is thrilled to announce the formation of a new venture aimed at marketing and promoting the Clarksburg wine region and its wineries. This collaborative initiative will strengthen...
Heringer Estates Winery: Why Sustainability Matters
The Heringer family has been farming in Clarksburg, a small town outside of Sacramento, since 1868. Having lived off the land for six generations, they truly understand the importance of...
How the Old Sugar Mill Became a River-bound Wine Citadel
Spring skies are sparkling against the river near a stone megalith that’s tucked into scrubby cottonwoods along the North Delta. This Depression-era relic is known as the Old Sugar Mill....
Elevation Ten – Winery Ambience and Award-Winning Wines
Established in 2009, Elevation Ten Winery offers handcrafted artisanal wines and a unique wine-tasting experience for guests. Proprietors Bob and Don Clark, Andy Wallace and Dominic and Rina DiMare have...
Winery Spotlight: Bogle Vineyards
The Bogle family didn't start out growing grapes. Six generations of the family have been farming in the California Delta since the late 1870s. As to their start in the...
Old Sugar Mill Once Produced Thousands of Tons of Sugar
While the Old Sugar Mill may be a destination for wine tastings, it was once a sugar beet processing plant that made granulated and bulk liquid sugar for nearly 60...
Chenin Blanc is Clarksburg’s Calling Card
Chenin Blanc is the primary white wine grape grown in the Clarksburg American Viticultural Area near Sacramento. If you’re not familiar with Chenin Blanc, take the drive along the Sacramento...
Clarksburg AVA the Little Wine-growing Region that Could
Established as an American Viticultural Area in 1985, Clarksburg is marked by its location along the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, which pulls in ocean breezes and creates a cool maritime...
Vintner’s dreams built on place and pace in Clarksburg
At a time when the world is looking for faster ways to produce more, Clayton Kirchhoff’s plan to make less — and to do it slower — probably seemed like...
Clarksburg Wine Trail
Clarksburg Wine Trail is an easy 20 minutes from Sacramento on Highway 160. Check our Yolo County Wine Map to plan your route. There is not much doing in the...
Sneak away to the Old Sugar Mill
Just 40 minutes outside of Lodi, between the Sacramento River and sprawling vineyards, there is a little-known ‘daycation,’ where visitors have discovered eight wineries within a partially renovated sugar mill....
Small town hoping for big winegrape future
It's the water. Or more precisely, it's the numerous waterways that meander through the northeastern reaches of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, that give the Clarksburg area its uniqueness when it...
