The Land
Land With a Story to Tell
Shake Ridge Vineyards was originally settled in the 1870’s by Italian immigrants who hand cleared a portion of the ranch. Although too late for the Gold Rush, they raised cattle, established fruit and olive orchards, tended vegetable plots, and cultivated wine grapes to provide ‘vittles’ to the mining camps. After the camps closed, the ranch reverted to pastureland for over eighty years, until the Kraemers planted Zinfandel, Rhone varietals, Barbera, Tempranillo and Petite Sirah in 2003.
