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Feature Article
Amador County is part of the vast Sierra Foothills AVA, which spans from just beyond the Central Valley to the Sierra Nevada Range, taking in with it a wide range of terrain and growing conditions.
Is Amador California’s Last Great
Undiscovered Wine Region?
Our premier Best-of-Appellation tasting inspires a brief history and tour of just one area in the vast Sierra Foothills AVA, along with some tasty wine notes about some Gold and Silver medalists.
by Stan Hock
May 16, 2008
t’s ironic that what some consider California’s last great undiscovered wine region has a winemaking history dating back 150 years. Long before a handful of wine writers convinced Americans that they should be drinking super-extracted red wines, Amador County in the Sierra Foothills had a corner on the style; yet today it escapes the glare of vinous approbation received by once-overlooked regions, such as Paso Robles.
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