Nevada Grape Growers & Winemakers

Jeff currently nurtures 151 grapevines in Nevada. He made the transition from avid wine consumer to home winemaker in 2002 with grapes from a friend's Merlot vineyard in Napa. He planted 50 Cabernet Sauvignon vines in Saratoga (Santa Clara County, CA) and was producing wine from them by 2006. He moved to Nevada in 2010 and planted a few Cabernet Sauvignon vines in 2017, expanding every year. His older Nevada vineyard currently has 90 vines: 50 cabernet sauvignon (clone 8) , 28 cabernet franc (clone 13), 1 petite verdot, 1 syrah, 3 marquette, 1 frontenac, hand-planted in rocky clay soil. His 2021 expansion vineyard features 60 vines: 25 merlot (clone 15), cabernet sauvignon (clone 412), 10 cabernet franc (clone 11), 5 malbec, and they seem to be doing particularly well in excavator-loosened rows.