Summer Vines, Fogarty Vineyards & Winery

Summer Vines, Fogarty Vineyards and Winery

8x10, original oil painting

Fogarty Vineyards and Winery is located high in the Santa Cruz Mountains overlooking Silicon Valley.  As you enter the winery, off to the right you will see the Portola Springs Vineyard, which is the view captured in my painting.

The Portola Springs Vineyard is the steepest and most extreme site on the property.  The vineyard produces the grapes for the Fogarty Chardonnay wines.  When I created the painting, the vines were leafing out, but the grapes were immature.  The grass between the rows was beginning to turn a golden color.  The shale and sandstone soil conditions and extreme exposure, lead to some of the most unique and intriguing wines made at Fogarty Vineyards and Winery.

The winery was established as a commercial venture in 1981 by Dr. Thomas Fogarty, Professor of Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center.  While working as a surgeon Dr. Fogarty helped a colleague with winemaking. His interest blossomed and he later purchased acreage in the Santa Cruz Mountains and planted his first vines in 1978. The estate now consists of 325 acres, 25 of which are under vine.