About Amador Foothill Winery
Amador Foothill Winery is named for the region itself — Amador County's Sierra Foothills identity placed directly in the winery's name. Ben Zeitman and Kate Dobbins established the estate in 1980, making them among the Sierra Foothills' founding generation of modern wine producers, when Amador County Zinfandel was beginning to attract the critical attention that has since grown into national recognition.
The Steiner Road estate produces Zinfandel, Sangiovese, Barbera, and Fumé Blanc from Shenandoah Valley estate vineyards with the regional-identity philosophy the name declares: wine that is inseparably Amador County in character, that couldn't come from anywhere else.
Wine Spectator has scored Amador Foothill's Shenandoah Valley Zinfandel and Sangiovese at 87–91 points, recognizing the quality achievable from a founding estate that has spent four decades learning one specific corner of the California wine map.