SICILIA VINEYARDS

Sicilia Vineyards is located at the foot of the Sutter Buttes in Yuba City, California and is owned and operated by David Smith and Sandie Adams. David writes…... The first step was to rip the soil; we accomplished this in late summer of 2009. We encountered some a few unexpected problems. One day the ripping machine parked on the front acreage and the teeth happened to drop directly onto a large water line leading from the agricultural well. Needless to say, water was everywhere! There were three clones of rootstock planted; 5C, 3309, and 101-14. The rootstock was specially developed at a winery in Washington State and as Diego says, "this is the best and cleanest rootstock anywhere." We had decided by this time to graft onto the rootstock, Warm Weather Italian Varietal Grapes. We determined there would be Greco, Fiano, Coda di Volpe, Primitivo, Barbera, Negro Amaro, and Teroldego. Our vision is to produce outstanding wine, which always starts with outstanding farming practices and..

Primary location: Yuba City United States