History

The vineyard was f ounded in 1974 by the Akota family. The Akota family vision was the production of superior handcrafted, vineyard-optimized wines. Though the winery nameis relatively young, the Akota family has been growing grapes and making wine on their estates in Sonoma Valley, Manitoba, and New York State since 1878. When this Placer County established vineyard became available, the family came together on the shores of Folsom lake to produce superior wines, capitalizing on the best features of the soil and climate.

The winery is named for the White Horse who's story is told among the Akota family ancestors. Read about the Legend of the White Horse.

Vinyard-Optimized Wines

Vinyard-optimized wines come from grapes scientifically chosen and planted to match the soil and climate conditions. Varieties are selected and planted based on square-yard by square-yard analysis of soil chemistry, producing an optimized and consist ant product that can be more precisely developed into superb wines. At the same time we preserved some of the older well established vines that were producing superior grapes.

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On the shores of a recreation lake, near to shopping and vacation destinations, this area is the perfect centrally located home base for that Northern California vacation.