The vines & vineyard

Good wine is grown, not made. The Sceales vineyard is over 90 years old. Unlike the majority of vineyards, this land is dry farmed - i.e., the growers don’t irrigate their vines. Instead, they have honed their practice to let the vines grow based on natural rainfall and ground water, resulting in a more sustainable farming practice.

The vines predate the Sceales family, who bought the property 40 years ago and kept the vines that came with the land. They are spaced in the old style of growing grapes, in a 12x12’ pattern. Many great wines have been made off this property over the years. Tenemos is grateful to be joining the long history of wines that have come from this land.