Santa Clara Wineries

"Silicon Valley" - it's easy to forget this area's role as California's first premium wine production region - the Santa Clara Valley. Native Americans named it "the Valley of the Heart's Delight." French and Italian immigrants who settled here during the Gold Rush era recognized the rich soils and Meditteranean climate as the perfect New World home for their European grape varietals. And so it begins.

A handful of proud, dedicated, award-winning winemakers still carry on our ancestor's traditions of excellence. Through World Wars, the Great Depression, and Prohibition, our family winegrowers of the Santa Clara Valley have honed their craft and spread the belief that fine wine is an important, civilized part of a healthy and gracious lifestyle.