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Santa Cruz Mountains

Mountain vineyards between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific, from Half Moon Bay to Mount Madonna. An American Viticultural Area since 1981. 26 wineries: 15 open, 1 changed hands, 6 no longer trading, 4 not confirmed.

Santa Cruz Mountains wineries by townMap of the Santa Cruz Mountains from Woodside in the north to Aptos in the south, with a mark for each winery at its town. Filled marks are open, struck marks no longer trading, arrows changed hands, dashed marks not confirmed. The full list is on the page. Monterey Bay Boulder CreekAptosSoquelLos GatosSaratogaScotts ValleyFeltonBonny DoonWatsonvilleSanta CruzCupertinoWoodsideAhlgren Vineyard: No longer tradingAptos Vineyard: OpenSalamandre Wine Cellars: No longer tradingTrout Gulch Vineyards: No longer tradingBargetto Winery: OpenCrescini Wines: No longer tradingDevlin Wine Cellars: No longer tradingSoquel Vineyards: OpenBear Creek Vineyard Company: Not confirmedBurrell School Vineyards & Winery: OpenByington Vineyard & Winery: OpenDavid Bruce Winery: OpenSilver Mountain Vineyards: OpenCooper-Garrod Estate Vineyards: OpenRoudon-Smith Winery: OpenSavannah-Chanelle Vineyards: OpenGlenwood Oaks Winery: Not confirmedPelican Ranch Winery: OpenHallcrest Vineyards: OpenZayante Vineyards: Not confirmedMcHenry Vineyard: OpenRiver Run Vintners: Not confirmedSanta Cruz Mountain Vineyard: OpenSunrise Winery: No longer tradingThomas Fogarty Winery: OpenWoodside Vineyards: Changed hands
OpenNo longer tradingChanged handsNot confirmed Each mark is a winery, shown at its town.

Wineries

Status checked Nov 15, 2026.

North: Saratoga, Los Gatos, Woodside 11

  1. Bear Creek Vineyard Company

    Los Gatos

    Last vintage reported as 1996.

    Not confirmed

  2. Burrell School Vineyards & Winery

    Los Gatos

    Estate wines at an 1890 schoolhouse on Summit Road; tasting Friday to Sunday.

    Openburrellschool.com

  3. Byington Vineyard & Winery

    Los Gatos

    Estate Pinot Noir on Bear Creek Road; owned by Los Altos Vineyards since 2013.

    Openbyington.com

  4. Cooper-Garrod Estate Vineyards

    Saratoga

    The winery at Garrod Farms, a family farm and riding stables above Saratoga.

    Opengarrodfarms.com

  5. David Bruce Winery

    Los Gatos

    Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Bear Creek Road since 1964; tasting Thursday to Sunday.

    Opendavidbrucewinery.com

  6. Roudon-Smith Winery

    Saratoga

    Founded in 1972; tasting room on Big Basin Way in downtown Saratoga.

    Openroudonsmith.com

  7. Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards

    Saratoga

    Winery in the redwoods with Zinfandel planted in 1910; tasting Thursday to Sunday.

    Opensavannahchanelle.com

  8. Silver Mountain Vineyards

    Los Gatos

    Ridge-top winery above Monterey Bay; weekend tastings there and in Santa Cruz.

    Opensilvermtn.com

  9. Sunrise Winery

    Cupertino

    Closed in 1998; Picchetti Winery, a different business, now makes wine on the site.

    No longer trading

  10. Thomas Fogarty Winery

    Woodside

    Estate winery on Skyline Boulevard; open daily, reservations generally required.

    Openfogartywinery.com

  11. Woodside Vineyards

    Woodside

    Its wines now come from Silver Mountain Vineyards, which bought the label in August 2025.

    Changed handswoodsidevineyards.com

Santa Cruz side: Felton, Boulder Creek, Bonny Doon 7

  1. Ahlgren Vineyard

    Boulder Creek

    Closed in 2016, forty years after Dexter and Valerie Ahlgren bonded it.

    No longer trading

  2. Glenwood Oaks Winery

    Scotts Valley

    Last vintage reported as 2007.

    Not confirmed

  3. Hallcrest Vineyards

    Felton

    Hilltop vineyard first planted in 1941; home of The Organic Wine Works.

    Openhallcrestvineyards.com

  4. McHenry Vineyard

    Bonny Doon

    Estate Pinot Noir from Bonny Doon; not open to the public, but the family still sells its wine.

    Openmchenryvineyard.com

  5. Pelican Ranch Winery

    Scotts Valley

    Burgundian and Rhône-style wines; Saturday tastings on Bean Creek Road.

    Openpelicanranch.com

  6. Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard

    Santa Cruz

    Pinot Noir since 1975; tasting room on Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz.

    Opensantacruzmountainvineyard.com

  7. Zayante Vineyards

    Felton

    Put up for sale in 2017; the vineyard now sells its grapes as Green Earth Zayante.

    Not confirmed

South: Soquel, Aptos, Corralitos, Watsonville 8

  1. Aptos Vineyard

    Aptos

    Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir, sold online and at pop-up events; no tasting room.

    Openaptosvineyard.com

  2. Bargetto Winery

    Soquel

    Family-run on Soquel Creek since 1933; tasting rooms in Soquel and Monterey.

    Openbargetto.com

  3. Crescini Wines

    Soquel

    Closed at the end of 2000, after almost 20 years in the Soquel Valley.

    No longer trading

  4. Devlin Wine Cellars

    Soquel

    Reported closed in about 2000.

    No longer trading

  5. River Run Vintners

    Watsonville

    Last known active in 2020.

    Not confirmed

  6. Salamandre Wine Cellars

    Aptos

    Closed in 2024, after almost forty years in Aptos.

    No longer trading

  7. Soquel Vineyards

    Soquel

    Founded in 1987 by three partners who still run it; tastings Friday to Sunday.

    Opensoquelvineyards.com

  8. Trout Gulch Vineyards

    Aptos

    The label ended in 2014; the vineyard still grows grapes for other wineries.

    No longer trading

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