About Six Hands Winery
Six Hands Winery is the quintessential small family farm of the Sacramento River Delta. The estate near Walnut Grove has been farmed for four generations, beginning with Joseph Machado in the early 1900s, and today the Marks family tends vineyards and cherry orchards that surround the ancestral family home and winery. The Syrah and Viognier blocks went in back in 1994 on fine sandy loam, and partner vineyards contribute Chenin Blanc vines dating to 1983 and Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah from 1987 - all sustainably farmed, with owl boxes standing in for pesticides.
The cellar turns eleven varietals - Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Viognier, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Carignane, and Zinfandel - into sixteen small-batch cuvees, made with as little intervention as possible. For several years the family also poured at Wine Social, a shared downtown Lodi wine bar with Sorelle Winery that has since closed; the Delta estate is where to find them now.
Visits run by appointment and through the winery's much-loved calendar of events - the annual Picnic in the Vineyard with Dixieland jazz has run for nearly three decades, alongside seasonal open houses and pairing days. Schedule a visit through the winery and confirm current details before making the drive out Isleton Road.
Four generations, eleven varietals, and owl boxes instead of pesticides - Delta farming the way it used to be done.
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A Century on the Land
Farmed since the early 1900s by the Machado-Marks family line - the ancestral home still anchors the property.
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Sixteen Small Batches
Eleven varietals from Chenin Blanc to Petite Sirah, bottled as sixteen distinct small-batch cuvees.
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Picnic in the Vineyard
The annual Dixieland-jazz vineyard picnic has run for nearly three decades - a Delta institution.
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Sustainable by Habit
Owl boxes, sustainable farming, and minimal-intervention winemaking across the estate.
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True Delta Setting
Vineyards and cherry orchards along Isleton Road, with river breezes cooling the warm Delta days.
A working Delta family farm where the wine, the picnic, and the century of history all come from the same few acres.
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Wines change with each vintage
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Scheduled Visit
Arrange a visit to taste the small-batch lineup at the Delta estate among the vines and cherry orchards.
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Picnic in the Vineyard
The annual early-summer picnic with live Dixieland jazz, BYO feast, and the winery's famous cheese boxes.
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Seasonal Events
Wine and chocolate pairings, fall open houses, and release days round out the calendar.
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