The Winery Vine Hill of Santa Cruz Mountains of California

Winery Vine Hill - Pinot Noir
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 67 of the estates of California.
It is located in Santa Cruz Mountains in the region of California

The Winery Vine Hill is one of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Santa Cruz Mountains to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Vine Hill wines

Looking for the best Winery Vine Hill wines in Santa Cruz Mountains among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Vine Hill wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Vine Hill wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Vine Hill

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Vine Hill

How Winery Vine Hill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with balsamic sauce, veal saltimbocca or prime rib with chervil butter.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Vine Hill

  • 2009With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Vine Hill.

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Santa Cruz Mountains

The wine region of Santa Cruz Mountains is located in the region of San Francisco Bay of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Ridge Vineyards or the Kathryn Kennedy Winery produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Santa Cruz Mountains are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Pinot noir and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Santa Cruz Mountains often reveals types of flavors of cream, pencil shavings or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of charcoal, black truffle or blackberry jam.

In the mouth of Santa Cruz Mountains is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 146 estates and châteaux in the of Santa Cruz Mountains, producing 486 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Santa Cruz Mountains go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Vine Hill

Planning a wine route in the of Santa Cruz Mountains? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Vine Hill.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Winery Vine Hill and wines from the region

Walls: a drink with Château de Beaucastel’s César Perrin

The Perrin family of Château de Beaucastel in Châteauneuf-du-Pape have always been ahead of the curve when it comes to sustainable viticulture. They converted their 100ha estate to organics as early as 1950; biodynamics in 1974. And when it comes to facing the climate crisis, they’re not standing still; refurbishing cellars, planting trees, championing ancient varieties and developing new techniques in the vineyard. Winemaker César Perrin explains… ‘The main reason we decided to construct a new ...

Decanter magazine latest issue: September 2022

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San Luis Obispo Coast recognised as newest AVA

San Luis Obispo Coast was awarded on 9 March, 2022 by the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The new AVA establishes a 97 kilometer-long strip along California that locals call SLO (slow) Coast, describing the Pacific Ocean’s influence on the area’s culture and lifestyle, terrain, and wines.  SLO Coast is located midway between two major California cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles, with Burgundy varieties making up a majority of San Luis Obispo Coast’s high-end wine pr ...

The word of the wine: Wort

Juice before fermentation, still loaded with sugar.