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6 MT. VERNON WINERY 10850 Mt. Vernon Road, Auburn, 530-823-1111, mtvernonwinery.com The largest winery in Placer County, this charm-filled destination boasts a gorgeous tasting room in a restored 1950s milk house. Buy a bottle to enjoy in the umbrellashrouded picnic area, and don’t miss a photo op with the lush vineyard and meticulously maintained garden backdrop. Mt. Vernon also has another focus: finding a cure for breast cancer. When you purchase one of their breast cancer research wines, 12.5 percent of the proceeds are donated to the cause. 7 BONITATA BOUTIQUE WINE 291 Auburn Folsom Road, Auburn, 530-305- 0449, bonitataboutiquewine.com A sweet slice of history, this winery lives inside the Bernhard Museum, home of the original Bernhard Winery founded in 1874. The historic building functions as a natural wine cellar: partially buried into the hillside with stone walls that are two feet thick, creating the ideal dark, cool environment. Hailed for its estate grape, Zinfandel, the winery also produces a variety of other red, white, and sweet wines—including a deliciously indulgent Syrah Port. 8 RIVER CITY BREWING COMPANY 6241 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Suite G, Carmichael, 916-550-5093, rivercitybrewing.net The second incarnation of a long-standing Sacramento tradition, River City migrated to Carmichael in 2015 after nearly two decades of being a downtown watering hole—the oldest brewpub in town. If you can’t choose from the 16 taps, try the award-winning flagship amber lager, Vienna, or straw-colored Cap City IPA. Meanwhile, the kitchen blends locally sourced ingredients with classic pub grub picks, like French dip sandwiches and pulled pork sliders, plus a few inventive wild cards (Reuben rolls, anyone?). With $5 pints and apps during happy hour, River City is exactly what a brewpub should be. 9 RUHSTALLER BEER 726 K Street, Sacramento, 916-447-1881, ruhstallerbeer.com Captain Frank Ruhstaller, the leading brewer in the Sacramento region during its hop heyday in the late 1880s, is the namesake behind the capital city’s first premium craft brewery. Of course, Prohibition shut production down, but in 2011, they made their comeback. Priding themselves on using locally grown hops to make bona fide Sac brews like their flagship golden lager, Gilt Edge, the brewery also offers a hands-on hop school, plus a recently opened basement tasting room in Downtown Sacramento. NEW IN TOWN 13 Up-and-Coming Wineries and Breweries 1 Dueling Dogs Brewing Company 3030 Barrett Park Lane, Lincoln, 916-434-8141, duelingdogsbrewing.com Made with hand-picked ingredients from their own orchards, vineyards, and hop fields, this watering hole is pioneering a pasture-to-pint movement. More than just a brewery, Dueling Dogs also serves up mead, cider, and something you probably can’t find at most spots: cyser, which is a slightly sweet, super crisp fusion of the two. If you’re more of a traditionalist, fear not: You’ll also find a pilsner, chocolate porter, mandarin wit, pale ale, and IPA on draft. 2 Ol’ Republic Brewery 11151 Trade Center Drive, Suite 104, Rancho Cordova, 916-215-8702, olrepublicbrewery.com This Nevada City native offers a palate cleanser to the region’s hop-heavy suds, with a long list of easy-sipping lagers and refreshing pilsners, in addition to the usual IPA and stout offerings. Do your taste buds a favor and join the Barrel Club for a swig of “Project X,” a creative side gig starring limited production brews that usually flow straight to the bottle, like Chocolypto, a chocolate oatmeal stout, or Darkest Matter, a black scotch ale. Dueling Dogs Brewing Company photos by Dante Fontana. Other photos courtesy of thier respective companies or organizations. 30 styleedc.com // AUGUST 2018 // /styleedc /stylemediagroup /stylemediagroup /stylemagedcf
Photos by Dante Fontana. 4 Black Vette Winery 4984 Bell Road, Auburn, 916-444- 5338, blackvettewinery.com Named after the owner’s 1966 black Chevy Corvette that she’s owned and coveted since ’81, Black Vette Vineyards’ first harvest happened in 2017 with bottling taking place just last month. The second harvest, slated for this fall, will include Petit Verdot, Sangiovese, Montelpulciano, and Primitivo. Eager beavers will have to be patient though: The winery’s tasting room and bottles won’t be available till 2019. 3 Red Bus Brewing Company 802 Reading Street, Suite A, Folsom, 916-467-7790, redbusbrew.com It’s like a cozy clubhouse (think red leather couches, foosball tables, and tic-tac-toe) with an undeniably hip factor (a bright red ’68 Volkswagen bus), and it’s also the first brewery to tap into the Folsom beer scene since the 1880s. A labor of love for veteran homebrewer Erik Schmid, the tap house has offered traditional brews like Type III, a pale ale, as well as more creative efforts, like Dank Brut, a champagne-style IPA. One notable thing about the clubhouse? There are no secret passwords, or even secrets at all. The recipes and production process are an open book—just ask. 5 Moksa Brewing Company 5860 Pacific Street, Rocklin, 916-824-1366, moksabrewing. com Everything at Moksa is, frankly, huge. There’s the 3,000-square-foot space, which can accommodate up to 120 hopheads on any given day. Then there’s the beer list, which is a perpetual rotation of 24 different brews. Then, of course, there’s the booze factor—expect 9.9 percent triple IPAs, 17 percent barley wines, and 10.4 percent imperial stouts. You can bring your own grub but check online first: Local food trucks roll in most days. MIND BLOWN 7 FUN FACTS 1If not for the Gold Rush, perhaps there wouldn’t be California wine as we know it today. European immigrants with winemaking in their blood came for the gold but realized a shinier opportunity: selling wine to homesick miners. The first grapes in Placer County were planted in 1848 by miner Claude Chana, a French immigrant. 2The Sierra Foothills covers 2.6 million acres and contains vines planted throughout eight counties. 3The foothills housed more than 100 wineries by the end of the 19th century, more than any other region in California, but the decline of gold mining and Prohibition put a cork in things until the late 1960s, when a new generation of pioneers took over. 4The Bogle family was well-known in the ’50s and ’60s for farming row crops, predominantly corn. In 1968, Warren Bogle decided to try something he wouldn’t need to replant every year, so he put in a few acres of potatoes, all of which promptly died. A consultant advised Warren to plant wine grapes, so he planted 10 acres of Petite Sirah and 10 acres of Chenin Blanc. It was good advice: 50 years later, Bogle wines are sold in all 50 states and nearly 40 countries. 5Crooked Lane Brewing Company was originally built in 1980 as a duplex movie theater, and in the ’90s, it became a car dealership. Today, thirsty patrons reminisce about how they had their first kiss in the building—or bought their first car there! 6Beer was also a preferred libation during the Gold Rush, of course, with Galena Brewery opening in 1849, about 100 yards from Sutter’s Fort. The first beers were brewed and sold for 25 cents a glass (about $10 today). 7When Erik Schmid was creating Red Bus Brewing Company, he bought its iconic red bus—a ’68 Volkswagen—with the intention of using it to shuttle customers from Sutter Street to the brewery and back. The insurance company wasn’t too keen on the liability, so now the bus is just the logo—and arguably one of the best bar accessories in town. AUGUST 2018 // styleedc.com 31
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