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Sierra Vista Winery will be playing cupid this Valentine's Day with our dessert wine and the debut of our first ever fortified wines!  We will have an Orange Tart in a shortbread dough paired with our Viognier Doux, a Chocolate Caramel Tart with a Grand Marnier Orange Peel paired with our Tawnie Grenache, and a Roasted Pecan and Chocolate Ganache Tart paired with our Rubie Syrah, all catered by ALLEZ!  Enjoy the afternoon with your sweetie, some delicious wine, and Valentine’s Day wine specials.  It’s a match made in Heaven!  $10 per person.  Please email reservations to rhone@sierravistawinery.com or call 530.622.7221 by Feb 5.

A little history behind our new ports!

In 2010 Sierra Vista made its first fortified wines from Grenache and Syrah.  The process was patterned after the wines of Banyuls, a town in the Southwest of France.  The wine made there is a Grenache-based fortified wine that has been made since the thirteenth century.  We allowed both wines to ferment to about 7% alcohol and added 190% spirits made from wine.  This yields a sweet wine that is a classic companion to semi-sweet or dark chocolate as well as other rich desserts. While rich and full-bodied, it is less sweet and more delicate than vintage port.  The wines are named for the port styles John thinks the wines resemble: Tawnie Grenache and Rubie Syrah.