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Blog Category: Grape Growing
First Ever Estate Sauvignon Blanc

First Ever Estate Sauvignon Blanc

Us at Sierra Vista Winery are excited and proud to be producing our first ever estate Sauvignon Blanc. It was a long process to get to this point, but as we are now preparing our first vintage to be bottled it is proving to be worth the wait! It all started when we...

Pruning, Mowing, Cover Crops, and Bud Break

Pruning, Mowing, Cover Crops, and Bud Break

As is for this time of year, the vines are waking up from their period of winter dormancy, and starting to push new growth. This begins the annual new cycle of growth and marks the true start of the 2025 vintage. We at Sierra Vista believe in getting our all of our...

A History of Wine in the Sierra Foothills

A History of Wine in the Sierra Foothills

The 1849 California Gold Rush started as a frenzy for wealth. But while most prospectors left after realizing that their hopes for riches wouldn’t come to fruition, a few stayed, tilled the soil, and turned their skills at farming into success. Those farmers set the...

The Secret To Growing Good Grapes

The Secret To Growing Good Grapes

January is a slow time of year in wine country in California. Although there is always plenty to be done in the vineyards like disking for cover crops, and we have pruning coming up soon, but it’s neither growing nor harvest time as far as grape growing cycle goes....