Gold Hill Vineyard



Barrel Tasting Event
El Dorado's vintners invited wine enthusiasts in January  to sample new wine  right from the barrel before bottling or additional aging.

Gold Hill 
provided food paired with new and old Chardonnay and Malbec wine.

See fun images here.

Visit El Dorado Winery Association's site for a map of participating wineries here.

El Dorado Winery Association events are here.


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April 10 -11 and April 17-18, 2010

During Passport weekends, 26 El Dorado wineries and vineyards offer wine and food pairings, barrel tastings, and enjoyable art and music. Warm weather and green surroundings along the wine trail add to the excitement of this springtime event.

Passports will be available in January. This event is a sell-out each year so visit El Dorado Wineries Association's authoritative site, here.



 

 
 


Gold Hill was founded in 1980 by Hank Battjes. 

Hank spent 27 years as an Electrical Engineer at GTE in the Bay Area while managing to maintain his hobby and passion as an expert home-wine maker.  In pursuit of his dream, he located 5 acres of vineyard on an
80 acre parcel near Coloma. 


Over the next 10 years, Hank commuted from his home in Palo Alto to his Coloma ranch on weekends to expand the vineyard to 40 acres. 

The Winery became bonded and fully functional in 1985.

By 1989, Hank was able to retire
and move to Coloma to develop his hobby into a viable and award-winning winery.

Ten more acres have been planted since, to make up today's 50 acre vineyard. Gold Hill's 4,000 square foot barrel room produces 2,500 cases of award winning wines annually.

Gold Hill Vineyard has been producing gold medal winning Bordeaux style reds and Chardonnay since 1985 and for ten years has cultivated and offered award winning Italian and Rhone varietals.

























Located one mile from the historic gold mining town of Coloma and Sutter's Mill, the winery is open
Thursday through Sunday year-round and by appointment.

Picnics, weddings and private parties are accomodated inside or outside for parties of less than 200. An events coordinator can show you the property and offer suggestions for your venue and provide contact information for photographers, caterers, florists and hoteliers.