About Illuminare Winery
Illuminare Winery takes its name from the Latin illuminare — to illuminate, to shed light upon, to make visible what was hidden in darkness. The illumination philosophy declares wine as a form of revelation: each bottle illuminating the specific terroir of the Shenandoah Valley, making visible through the wine the invisible processes of soil, climate, and vine that the harvest captured. The Sutter Creek boutique produces Barbera, Grenache, and Zinfandel from Amador County vineyard sources with the illumination philosophy applied to both winemaking and hospitality: wine as a way of making the Sierra Foothills terroir visible.
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Illuminare Winery takesIlluminare Winery takes its name from the Latin illuminare — to illuminate, to shed light upon, to make visible what was hidden in darkness.
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The illumination philosophyThe illumination philosophy declares wine as a form of revelation: each bottle illuminating the specific terroir of the Shenandoah Valley, making visible through the wine the invisible processes of soil, climate, and vine that the harvest captured.
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The Sutter CreekThe Sutter Creek boutique produces Barbera, Grenache, and Zinfandel from Amador County vineyard sources with the illumination philosophy applied to both winemaking and hospitality: wine as a way of making the Sierra Foothills terroir visible.
"The 2011 Amador County illuminare-Latin-to-illuminate-light-naming Barbera and Grenache boutique"
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Featured Wines
Barbera
Barbera
Shenandoah Valley / Illuminare Estate
Illuminare's Latin-illuminate-light-naming Shenandoah Valley Barbera — wine as revelation, making the Amador County terroir visible through the Italian variety.
Estate
★★★★☆
Grenache
Grenache
Shenandoah Valley / Illuminare Estate
Illuminare Winery's light-revealing Grenache — the Rhône variety illuminating the Shenandoah Valley's warm-site character.
Estate
★★★★☆
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Book on Tock →Illuminare Light Appointment
Appointment at the Latin-illuminate-revelation-naming Amador County boutique — Illuminare Winery Barbera and Grenache from Shenandoah Valley terroir made visible.
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