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Wine Escape

Aver Family Vineyards

Casa de Fruta Winery

Clos LaChance Winery

Cooper-Garrod Estate Vineyards

Creekview Vineyards

Creekview VineyardsRetail Store & Tasting Room - Sherman Cellars

Fortino Winery

Guglielmo Winery

Hecker Pass Winery

J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines

Jason-Stephens Winery

Kirigin Cellars

Lightheart Cellars

Martin Ranch Winery

Morgan Hill Cellars

Rapazzini Winery

Ross Vineyard and Winery

Sarah’s Vineyard

Satori Cellars

Solis Winery

Sunlit Oaks Winery

Sycamore Creek Vineyards

Thomas Kruse Winery

www.SantaClaraWines.com

HISTORY…“Silicon Valley” - it’s easy to forget this area’s role as California’s first premium wine production region - the Santa Clara Valley. Native Americans named it “the Valley of the Heart’s Delight.” French and Italian immigrants who settled here during the Gold Rush era recognized the rich soils and Mediterranean climate as the perfect New World home for their European grape varietals. And so it begins.

HOSPITALITY…Take a trip to a more relaxed wine region. Visiting our historic wineries is to leave the Computer Age behind. �e person pouring for you in our Tasting Rooms may very well be the winemaker! When you are on vacation or business, please be sure to visit our conveniently situated wineries throughout the Valley. Daily tasting is available at most of our wineries. Many offer tours, special festivals, concerts, and dinners. Several are available for picture-perfect private parties, corporate events, and weddings.

Associate MembersACI Cork USA • Bryan Bins Inc.• Campero Vineyard

California Passport Tours • Church Creek CellarsFriends of the Winemakers • Gilroy Welcome Center

Mann Cellars • Monte Verde WineryMorgan Hill Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center

Western Square • Wild Eye Winery

Please join us!

Wineries ofSanta Clara Valley

Passport WeekendSpring – March 23rd and 24th, 2013

Fall – October 5th and 6th, 2013Take a short trip and visit our family wineries,

sample our award-winning wines and enjoy VIP treatment as you travel throughout the

Santa Clara Valley.

Take part in activities plannedexclusively for Passport holders.

Barrel Tasting • BBQs • Winery ToursSpecial Discounts • New Releases

Music • Great Wines

�e Passport fee includesa souvenir wine glass and your Passport.

Purchase Passports at:Any Participating Winery’s Tasting RoomGilroy Welcome Center: 408-842-6436

Morgan Hill Chamber & Visitor Center: 408-779-9444Or visit: www.SantaClaraWines.com

EventsMany of our family wineries hold special events and activities through out the year. Including:

Harvest Festivals • Tasting Events • BBQsSpecial Releases • Wine Dinners

Bottle Your Own Events • and more.

Find current listings on our website Events Page

www.SantaClaraWines.com

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Aver Family Vineyards2900 Soma Way, Gilroy, CA 95020(408) 2038575 • www.averfamilyvineyards.comOpen the first and third weekend every month 12pm5pm and by appointment

As winegrowers, we borrow from the land, barter with the sky and pray for divine intervention. We are blessed to have a wonderful vineyard, a loving and supportive family and a talented winemaker who helps us turn great fruit into

superior wines. Our home is nestled in the vinecovered hills of southern Santa Clara County, and each day, we count our blessings for the natural beauty that surrounds us. Every day, we tend our vines like they are our children, because, they are. Please come, enjoy and join the family.

Casa de Fruta WineryCasa de Fruta Winery10021 Pacheco Pass Hwy., Hollister, CA 95023(408) 8427282 • www.casadefruta.comOpen daily 9am6pm

Ever since we planted our first vineyards and orchards in 1908, we’ve been growing. The Zanger Family, in its third generation, welcomes everyone to enjoy our gourmet fruit and varietal wines. Our unique fruit wines include

apricot, blackberry, plum and pomegranate. Our varietal wines include Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay, Merlot, and Muscat and Pomegranate champagnes. Casa de Fruta offers other attractions, including our world famous fruit stand, 24hour restaurant, deli, inn, RV Park, narrow gauge train, carousel and more! Facilities are available for special events including corporate and private.

Clos LaChance Winery1 Hummingbird Lane, San Martin, CA 95046(408) 6861050 • www.clos.comOpen daily 11am5pm

Clos LaChance is a familyowned winery, specializing in handcrafted wines from 150 acres of Estate Vineyards. The winery is nestled in amongst the beautiful rolling hills of San Martin — a place where oldworld Europeanstyle meets Silicon Valley. Launched in 1992, the winery grew

out of the backyard vineyard of Bill and Brenda (LaChance) Murphy. Today, under the direction of the Murphy family, the winemaking team uses contemporary winemaking and sustainable viticulture practices to style Bordeaux and Rhône varietals from their vineyards in the Northern Central Coast. Amenities include picnic facilities, bocce ball, food items available for purchase, tours, and demonstration vineyard.

Cooper-Garrod Estate Vineyards22645 Garrod Road, Saratoga, CA 95070(408) 8677116 • www.cgv.comOpen MondayFriday 12pm5pm, SaturdaySunday 11am5pm.

Taste the wines where the grapes are grown! Easy access, only 25 minutes from downtown San Jose. Our 100% estate production (28 acres of vineyard) features Chardonnay, Viognier, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and proprietary blends in smalllot, exclusive bottlings. Colocated

with Garrod Farms Riding Stables, the 120acre working ranch is familyfriendly and offers horseback riding daily on trails with panoramic views of Silicon Valley. Picnic facilities available.

Creekview Vineyards12467 Creekview Court, San Martin, CA 95046(408) 6860534 • www.creekviewvineyards.comOpen third weekend every month 11am5 pmand by appointment

Sherman Cellars, Retail & Tasting Room40 Post St., San Jose, CA 95113(408) 2889463 • www.shermancellars.comOpen WednesdaySunday 11am5pm

Familyowned and operated, we are a small estate winery nestled along the east foothills of San Martin, California. With a passion for quality, our wines are meticulously handcrafted in small lots to preserve the utmost excellence in both character and style. Production is also limited, allowing us to bring out the full potential in every bottle of wine. Our awardwinning vintages paired with our passion for quality illustrates our unsurpassed commitment to excellence.

Fortino Winery4525 Hecker Pass Hwy., Gilroy, CA 95020(408) 8423305 • www.fortinowinery.comOpen TuesdaySaturday 10am5pm,Sunday 11am5pm

Fortino Winery has a long history of premium quality wines, dating back to the early 1800’s in Calabria, Italy where the Fortino Family originated.

Today, fourth generation wine master, Gino Fortino produces many awardwinning wines, including Charbono, Carignan and Cabernet Sauvignon. Our Redwood Terrace is the perfect vineyard setting for weddings, corporate events and private parties. Come experience “The Next Generation of Fun” while visiting our tasting room and gift shop.

Guglielmo Winery1480 East Main Ave, Morgan Hill, CA 95037(408) 7792145 • www.guglielmowinery.comOpen daily 10am5pm, tours by appointment

Guglielmo Winery has practiced the fine art of winemaking for generations. Established by family patriarch, Emilio Guglielmo, the Guglielmo (Gool–yell–mo) family has produced wines in the Santa Clara Valley since 1925. Today, third generation brothers, George, Gene and Gary Guglielmo offer a family of award winning Private Reserve varietals, sparkling wines and dessert wines in the Tasting Room and Gourmet Gift Shop. Located on the winery grounds is the Villa Emile Event Center, the perfect setting for weddings and corporate events.

Hecker Pass Winery4605 Hecker Pass Hwy., Gilroy, CA 95020(408) 8428755 • www.heckerpasswinery.comOpen daily 10am5pm

At Hecker Pass Winery, we create wines with true Italian character. Our tasting room is open daily and offers fourteen premium wines including Zinfandel, Chianti, Petite Sirah, Muscat, Port, Cream Sherry and Marsala. La Vigna, is an all inclusive event center available yearround, which allows you to gather family and friends in a breathtaking setting with views of the vineyard and rolling hills.

J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines1000 Lenzen Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126(408) 9182160 • www.jlohr.comOpen daily 10am5pmClosed New Years Day, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day

Familyowned and certified sustainable, J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines crafts a delicious array of acclaimed wines from its estate vineyards in Monterey County, Paso Robles and Napa Valley. Produced in an expressive range of flavorful styles, J. Lohr offers four tiers of awardwinning wines—J. Lohr Estates, J. Lohr Vineyard Series, J. Lohr Cuvée Series and J. Lohr Gesture.

Jason-Stephens Winery11775 Watsonville Road, Gilroy, CA 95020(408) 846VINE • www.jstephens.comOpen daily 12pm4:45pm

JasonStephens Winery opened its tasting room doors in October of 2008. Since then the winery has helped revitalize the image of the once prominent wine growing region of the Santa Clara Valley. With many awards on the wines, great wine club events, a picture perfect vineyard and a relaxing creek side setting it’s no wonder JasonStephens is a local favorite..

Kirigin Cellars11550 Watsonville Road, Gilroy, CA 95020(408) 8478827 • www.kirigincellars.comOpen daily 10am5pm

Founded in 1916, Kirigin Cellars is one of California's oldest wineries. Our 34 acres of vineyards include a wide array of white and red wine grapes. We are best known for our "kissing" wine, the Vino de Mocca a fortified dessert wine infused with coffee, chocolate

and orange flavors. Our winetasting is complimentary. With over ten acres of lush perennial rye grass encircled by roses and redwood sequoias, Kirigin Cellars is ideal for picnics, dog shows, car shows, weddings, and sports. We recently completed construction of a 7,000 sq. ft. Club House building with indoor capacity for over 200 people ideal for weddings, corporate parties and meetings, and similar events.

Lightheart Cellars305 Roosevelt Avenue, San Martin, CA 95046(408) 4758463 • www.lightheartcellars.comOpen the first and third full weekend of every month and by appointment

Lightheart Cellars is a realized dream, a partnership of science and art and a bit of spirit

tossed in. Proprietors Jane MikaHaynie and Sheldon Haynie are transplanted New Englanders who have partnered in life as well as business, and bring their decades of professional experience in high technology and health care industries to this venture along with their verve and flair. Every bottle of Lightheart Wine is hand processed to bring the best of the fruit to you.

Martin Ranch Winery6675 Redwood Retreat Road, Gilroy, CA 95020(408) 8429197 • www.martinranchwinery.comOpen the third weekend of every month 12pm5pm and by appointment

We realized the promise of our Santa Cruz Mountains property when we planted our first vines in 1993. We’ve nurtured superior fruit ever since, enabling us to produce awardwinning wines under the Thérèse Vineyards and J.D. Hurley labels. Roots of tradition, a passion for living and our desire for excellence are captured in every wine we craft. Come and experience the living heritage of Martin Ranch Wines. — Dan & Thérèse Martin

Morgan Hill Cellars1645 San Pedro Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA 95037(408) 7797389 • www.MorganHillCellars.comOpen TuesdaySunday 10am5pm

Founded in 1913, we are celebrating our 100th anniversary this year. This winery has continued the friendly traditions established as a familyowned and operated winery. We take personal pride in the production and aging of our wines and specialty blends. Our tasting room has a full menu of wines

for your tasting and our gift shop has a little something for everyone. Enjoy a picnic lunch with a bottle of our wine on our inviting vinecovered patio. The patio and black and white ballroom are available for weddings and other private parties.

Rapazzini Winery4350 Monterey Road (Hwy. 101 & 25, Hollister Exit), Gilroy, CA 95020(408) 8425649 • Fax (800) 8426262www.rapazziniwinery.com • www.adagioweddings.comOpen daily 9am5pm, Summer hours 9am6pm

“Enjoy wines that you like at a price you can afford, everyday!” Tell it like it is at Rapazzini Winery. Owners

Alex Larson and Charlie Larson take great pride in offering wines with medium to full bodied flavors with sufficient tannin for enjoying with food. No overly oaked Chardonnay or Cabernet here. Their many years of experience matching food and wine are put to work creating affordable and delicious small lots of California wine. The beautiful tasting room has a high open beamed wooden ceiling, thirty foot pounded copper bar and inviting fireplace.

Be sure to try our Apribella, a proprietary recipe for peach and apricot wine and our Chateau De Garlic, a white drinking wine with a hint of garlic. We also make a red and white garlic cooking wine.

Fortyeight years old and going strong — see and taste why for yourself.

Ross VineyardS and Winery17520 Oak Glen Ave., Morgan Hill, CA 95037(408) 7794599 • rossvineyards@aol.comWe’re new! Open third weekend every month 12pm 5pm beginning in May 2013 and by appointment.

Family owned and operated vineyard and winery. Come taste the wines on this historical Coffe Ranch, where the grapes are grown. Joseph Coffe owned and operated “ THE WINE DEPOT” in San Jose, CA from 1875 to 1925 and farmed 40 acres of vineyard on this ranch for winemaking at The Wine Depot. The

replanted vineyard is located above Chesbro Reservoir on southern exposed slopes of well drained red shale soil at an elevation of 1000 feet. Being 15 miles from the sea with warm sunny days and cool seabreeze evenings, gives us a long growing season that results in grapes that are ripe and rich with luscious fruit flavors.

Sarah’s Vineyard4005 Hecker Pass Hwy., Gilroy, CA 95020(408) 8471947 • www.sarahsvineyard.comOpen daily 12pm5pm

Founded in 1978, Sarah’s Vineyard is dedicated to handcrafting small lots of unique wines from locally grown grapes. Our unique microclimate, with hot

summer days and cool nightly ocean fog, produces ideal conditions for classic Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Rhone varietals. French oak barrels and traditional winemaking techniques are used to create our elegant, food friendly and sophisticated wines. Our rustic Tasting Room, with lovely views of the surrounding vineyards and mountains, is open daily from Noon to 5pm and offers a picnic area with bocce courts for our customers. We have regular events throughout the year and accommodate small private events as well.

Satori Cellars2100 Buena Vista Avenue, Gilroy, CA 95020(408) 8485823 • www.satoricellars.comOpen weekends 12pm5pm for tasting, sales and tours or by appointment for private tastings

A celebration is always happening at Satori Join US!

Satori, from a Zen perspective, means "a taste of enlightenment." In the Santa Clara Valley, it also means

our familyrun winery and vineyards (SA is for Sandy, TO is for Tom, and RI is for their son, Riley) where we create handmade, loveinfused, awardwinning wines delightful Big Reds from 15acres of happy, pampered grapes. Join us at our openair tasting "cabana." Please come for the wines, but linger in the beauty, the color, the camaraderie, the fun. A Satori Story is sure to follow.

Solis Winery3920 Hecker Pass Hwy., Gilroy, CA 95020(408) 8476306 • www.soliswinery.comOpen daily 12pm5pm

Operated in the family tradition, the art of winemaking at Solis Winery reaches back to the early 1900s and has been carefully

married with modern technology, to produce meticulously crafted awardwinning wines. Solis Winery features a selection that includes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Syrah, Sangiovese, Fiano and Zinfandel.

Sunlit Oaks Winery7602 Sunlit Oaks Ct., Gilroy, 95020(408) 9305815 • sowinery@gmail.comTastings 1st & 3rd Full Weekends of Every Month 12pm 5pm starting March 2013 Passport Weekend and by appointment

The winery at Sunlit Oaks rests on the eastern foothills just outside of Gilroy. The terrain is reminiscent of the Tuscan hillsides with 180degree views from San Martin to San Juan Bautista. The gently rolling oakstudded hills

are the perfect backdrop for John & Rita Grogan's recently established winery and tasting room. Our Mediterranean microclimate of long, warm days and cool nights produces grapes that rival any other growing region. Our goal is to make wines that bring satisfaction and delight to others. Enjoy the pursuit with us as we realize our dream of sharing fine wine with friends. Come taste the flavors and savor the experience!

Sycamore Creek Vineyards & winery

12775 Uvas Road, Morgan Hill, CA 95037(408) 7794738 • www.sycamorecreekvineyards.comOpen Monday, Thursday and Friday 12pm5pm, SaturdaySunday 11am5pm

Sycamore Creek is a small family owned and operated winery nestled in the heart of the historic Uvas Valley. We produce limited amounts of award winning hand crafted wines, and we are dedicated to the Bordeaux varietals. Our goal is to capture

the expression of each varietal by utilizing both traditional and modern techniques in vineyard management, fermentation, and cellaring. The resulting wines show great depth and finesse; showcasing the outstanding quality and unique terroir of the Uvas Valley, located in the South Santa Clara Valley. We invite you to come in and enjoy our wines and vineyards with family and friends. Have a glass of wine or picnic at our outside patio area, and surround yourself with the picturesque beauty of South County and the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Thomas Kruse Winery3200 Dryden Avenue, Gilroy, CA 95020(408) 8427016 • www.thomaskrusewinery.comOpen TuesdaySunday 12pm5pm

Phi, the Greek symbol representing Divine Proportion where the whole is to the larger in exactly the same proportion as the larger is to the smaller is the balance we strive to achieve. In tracing our ancestry back to the 1600’s we find no one had undertaken the business of turning grapes

into wine. Familially unfettered and appreciating with the sixth sense thought the impressions wine makes on the other five we can begin to understand what William Blake meant when he wrote, “To see a World in a Grain of Sand, and Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand and Eternity in an Hour.” Our wines are commensurately priced. Home, also, of Savoir Terre a select, and miniscule amount of each year's harvest go into this collaboration between Jean Paul and Thomas. A very high end homage to the French tradition "wine and wood.”

Wineries of Santa Clara Valley

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