Gold Hill Vineyard

Gold Hill Vineyard
5660 Vineyard Lane
Placerville, California
USA 95667
Phone: (530)-626-6522
http://www.goldhillvineyard.com/

Contact: Hank Battjes
Email: [email protected]

Gold Hill was founded in 1980 by Hank Battjes.

Hank spent 27 years as an Electrical Engineer at GTE in the Bay Area while managing to maintain his hobby and passion as an expert home-wine maker. In pursuit of his dream, he located 5 acres of vineyard on an 80 acre parcel near Coloma.

Over the next 10 years, Hank commuted from his home in Palo Alto to his Coloma ranch on weekends to expand the vineyard to 40 acres.

The Winery became bonded and fully functional in 1985.

By 1989, Hank was able to retire and move to Coloma to develop his hobby into a viable and award-winning winery.

Ten more acres have been planted since, to make up today's 50 acre vineyard. Gold Hill's 4,000 square foot barrel room produces 2,500 cases of award winning wines annually.

Gold Hill Vineyard has been producing gold medal winning Bordeaux style reds and Chardonnay since 1985 and for ten years has cultivated and offered award winning Italian and Rhone varietals.

Winemaker: Hank Battjes

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