Twisted Oak Winery - Wines and Vineyards

Wines and Vineyards

Twisted Oak Winery produces both red and white wines made from the grape varieties native to Spain and southern France. White wines include varietal Viognier and Verdelho bottlings as well as blends made from Marsanne, Rousanne, and Viognier. The winery has produced one rosé made from Grenache. The winery's signature red wine bottling, The Spaniard, is a blend of Tempranillo, Grenache, and Graciano grapes. Other red bottlings include varietal Tempranillo, Syrah, Petite Sirah, and Grenache bottlings, as well as red blends made with grapes including Cabernet Sauvignon, Mourvedre, Petit Verdot, Syrah, and Grenache. The winery ages their waines in American, French, and Hungarian Oak barrels. In 2007, the 2003 Syrah and the 2003 Spaniard both won gold medals in the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. Two of Twisted Oak Winery's wines won gold medals at the Orange County Fair. Later in the year, the Torcido won a double-gold and the Tempranillo won Best of Sierra Foothills AVA appellation at the California Exposition and State Fair.

The winery has two estate vineyards, one located on the property in Vallecito, and the other located on property owned by the winery near Murphys. The winery purchases grapes from ten other vineyards in Calaveras County and three in other parts of California. Silvaspoons Vineyard, located in the Alta Mesa AVA, is the only vineyard outside of the Sierra Foothills AVA from which Twisted Oak Winery sources grapes.