Saracina Vineyards

Saracina Vineyards
P.O. Box 618, 11684 South Highway 101
Hopland, California
USA 95449
Phone: (707) 744-1671
http://www.saracina.com/

Contact: John Fetzer
Email: [email protected]

Saracina is a 600-acre bio-diverse property encompassing three ranches located in Hopland, California. With 300 acres in vineyards, the property's openness and unspoiled yet well-tended beauty are unique in Mendocino County. The main ranch is home to Saracina Vineyards, a small-production, state-of-the-art, California Certified Organic (CCOF) winery and the first wine caves in Mendocino County, carved out of solid rock over a two-year period.

In 2002, Alex accepted the opportunity to work with winemaking consultant, David Ramey, who has become his mentor, and industry icon, John Fetzer, to build a boutique winery which would set new standards for viticulture and vinification in Mendocino County. Alex and his wife, Kathleen, live in Ukiah with their two sons, Ian and Duncan.Reminiscent of the rural character of Napa Valley 25 years ago, the ranches are populated with sheep and goats roaming the hillsides, groves of 100-year-old olive trees, pomegranate orchards, bamboo gardens, hiking trails, a wild azalea canyon, organic vegetable gardens, and four ponds that attract herons, Canadian geese and myriad animal life. The owners are committed to preservation of the land and the rivers, including the Russian River which runs through one of the ranches, rather than clear-cutting every available acre for vineyards.

Award-winning architect Michelle Wempe and noted Bay Area landscape designer Roger Warner have created an East-West fusion aesthetic in the architecture, art and landscaping of the property which balances rusticity with stylish modernism.

Saracina was named after a centuries-old farmhouse and vineyards in Tuscany where Owners John Fetzer and Patty Rock spent their honeymoon in the late 1990s.

Winemaker: Alex MacGregor

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