Julie LePla Winery

Julie LePla Winery
7786 W Ranch Lane
Vacaville, California
USA 95688
Phone: (707) 631-0489
http://www.julieleplawinery.com/

Contact: Julie Larson
Email: [email protected]

The rolling English Hills sit on the northwestern side of Solano County. In the summer they are covered with golden grass occasionally studded with green patches of Digger pines or Valley and Live oaks. One exception is notable–the verdant rows of the vineyard at Red Bud Ranch, the home of Julie LePla Winery.

The winery, owned and operated by Julie Larson, is the second in Vacaville. By any one’s terms the winery is small. Using grapes from the half acre of Zinfandel vines on Red Bud Ranch, the production is limited to 80-100 cases annually. Each case represents the sweat, the challenge and the joy of the cycles of grape-growing and wine-making. The end of one marks the beginning of the other. Always looking for a new challenge, the vineyard and winery are the latest in a list of professions for Julie which include nursing and information services consulting. When plans for the vineyard were finalized in 2003, friends and family helped lay out the rows and plant the vines. Additional vines were added in 2005.
From the pruning in winter, to pest and disease control, thinning, canopy management and irrigation during the growing season, Julie tends the vines personally. Family and friends pitch in to help because, in spite of the hard work of farming, everyone enjoys the satisfaction of seeing those beautiful grapes develop.

Winemaker: Julie Larson

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