About Montevina Wines
Montevina Wines is named from the Italian for 'mountain vineyard' — monte (mountain) and vina (vineyard), the two words that describe the estate's physical location and its essential identity. Established in 1970, Montevina is among California's most historically founding Sierra Foothills wine estates, its early Zinfandel production helping establish Amador County's national wine reputation in the 1970s when the Sierra Foothills was still largely unknown to California wine consumers.
The Shenandoah School Road estate, now owned by Trinchero Family Estates, produces Zinfandel, Barbera, Syrah, and Tempranillo from Shenandoah Valley vineyard sources at everyday accessible pricing. The Italian mountain vineyard naming connects the estate to the Italian-heritage immigrant wine culture that shaped Amador County's nineteenth and early twentieth century viticulture.
The daily walk-in experience is dog-friendly, picnic-welcoming, and family-hospitable.