Tradition, quality and craft.

Welcome to Silver Mountain, land of breathtaking views and award-winning premier wines. Our winery and vineyards are set high in the mountains, overlooking the beautiful Monterey Bay.

Silver Mountain Vineyards’ fine wines are distinguished by the following traits:

• Handcrafted, using the best of old world traditions and new world science.
• Organically grown in harmony with mother nature.
  
• Produced in small lots of premium wine that capture delicate nuances of flavor.
• Made with a passion for quality, complexity, purity and richness of flavor - this is the heart of Silver Mountain.

Silver Mountain’s Organic, Sustainable
and Green Practices

Learn more about Silver Mountain's certified organic estate vineyard and our sustainable vineyard practices.

Silver Mountain’s ‘Triple Green’ installation includes a 6000sf roof and 46kw solar array - one of the largest solar arrays in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It supports three major ‘green’ benefits. Read more here .

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

• “Syrah 2007: A desirable red wine for Valentine’s Day”, by Josie Cowden, Santa Cruz Good Times, 12 February, 2013
• “Silver Mountain’s 2010 Rosé of Pinot Noir: Think Pink!”, by Josie Cowden, Santa Cruz Good Times, 10 April, 2012
• “Silver Mountain’s 2006 Alloy”, by Josie Cowden, Santa Cruz Good Times, 27 December, 2011
• “Environmental Evolution Cover Stories: Wine for the Green-Minded”, by Elizabeth Limbach, Santa Cruz Good Times, 25 May, 2011
• “Epicure. On Silver Mountain.” By Christina Waters, Santa Cruz Weekly, May 19, 2010.
• Silver Lining Shines on Santa Cruz Mountains Winery Mother Nature helps a local winemaker make his mark. by Monique Soltani, Scotts Valley Patch, March 9, 2011
• “Discover: Surf City Vintners” By Mary Lindsay, Vine Times, June/July, 2010.
• “Carve Your Own Trail in the Santa Cruz Mountains”, San Jose Mercury News, 26 August, 2009
• “Solar array provides energy, shade and harvests rainwater”, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 22 August, 2009
• Silver Mountain Vineyards Goes to 100% Solar Energy, Environmental Leader, July 6, 2009
• Akeena Solar Converts Silver Mountain Vineyards to 100 Percent Solar Energy: Press Release, July 1, 2009
  Also see story on SolarServer.com
• Santa Cruz Mountains winemaker living his dream, Examiner.com, 14 May, 2009
• The Varied Pinots of the Santa Cruz Mountains, San Jose Mercury News, April 15, 2009
• Silver Mountain Vineyards: Heavenly Views, Incredible Wines by Carole Ehrler, Wine Country This Week, March 8, 2008
• See more on our Press page

Introducing: Pinot - Only Wine Club, the ‘Flying Aces’ Club
Featuring the Pinot Noirs of both Silver Mountain and Sonnet Wine Cellars

Get some of the best Pinot on the planet with our new Pinot - only Wine Club. Combine two masters of wine magic, the poet and the pilot, Tony Craig of Sonnet and Jerold O’Brien of Silver Mountain, and this wine club puts poetry into flight. This is the only Wine Club for Sonnet, and the only way to get Sonnet Pinots shipped to your door!

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Our Tasting Rooms

• Winery Tasting Room Now Open!
  Saturday afternoons, 12-17:00. No appointment needed!
  Member, The Summit Wineries group
  
• Surf City Tasting Room in Santa Cruz Open
  for tasting Thursday through Sunday, 12:00 - 17:00.
  Member, Surf City Vintners
  
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Upcoming Events

• Cooking for Solutions
  Friday, 17 May
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• Los Gatos Spring Wine Walk
  Saturday, 18 May
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• Los Gatos Lion’s Club Date Night
  Saturday, 18 May
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Recent Awards

• 2007 Pinot Noir, Tondré Grapefield:
  Silver Medal, New World and Pacific Rim Int’l. Wine Competitions; Bronze Medal, California State Fair
• 2008 Pinot Noir, Muns Vineyard:
  Silver Medal, New World and Pacific Rim Int’l. Wine Competitions; Bronze Medal, California State Fair
• 2006 Alloy:
  Silver Medal, New World and Pacific Rim Int’l. Wine Competitions
• See more accolades