After retiring from their successful “day jobs,” Tom and Carolyn West embarked on their winemaking journey. Since 2005, the couple has made distinct handcrafted wine in Green Valley.

“Fine Handcrafted Wine” When Tom and Carolyn West decided to retire from their successful “day jobs” they had a new chapter in mind. With four children and fourteen grandchildren there was a new family venture on the horizon. Rock Creek Horse Farm was destined to become Rock Creek Vineyard. The paddocks and white fences came down and rows of the finest grapes were planted on one acre of the rocky hillside estate flanked with olive trees. The barn was beautifully renovated, the box stalls turned into a wine cellar, a barrel room, a laboratory, and a small kitchen, all with a twist of French country charm.

Making wine since 2005, Rock Creek Vineyard is positioned perfectly in the heart of the Green Valley American Viticultural Area (AVA) of Solano County. That’s right, Green Valley has its own AVA, the warmer days combined with the cool evening breezes from the Bay have created a unique climate worthy of its own AVA designation.

With an annual production of approximately 400 cases, divided among five varietals, Handcrafted Wine is not just a phrase Rock Creek, we are proud to make our wine “from the ground up.” We grow our own grapes with all of the vines meticulously hand-tended, carefully managing the size of the crop, the leaf canopy, irrigation, and pest control. At harvest, friends and family gather to pick the grapes, carefully hand-sorting them and hurrying them to the crusher, assuring that the finest product of the vine is made available for the winemaker’s (Tom himself) task that lies ahead. Finally fermenting, press, aging, and bottling is done right here at our winery, again, all by hand.

We are proud to offer these varietals and hope you will enjoy them with your friends and family as much as we do!

Petite Sirah: Full bodied with moderate tannins and a smooth, delicious flavor. Deeply intense color with slight hints of chocolate combined with dark fruits, plums, cherries, and berries.

Zinfandel: A fruity and smooth Zin from perfectly ripe berries. Depth and richness combine to make this fruit-forward Zinfandel a classic sipping wine. Aged in American oak for 17 months.

Sangiovese: The traditional wine of Chianti, delicious medium-bodied wine with great balance and pleasing acidity. Concentrated cherry and plum notes are followed by a licorice finish.

Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon: Estate grown and bottled, a rich mellow, ruby red wine delightfully fruit forward with cherry and plum notes and a velvety smooth finish. (Only 10 cases made.)

Dal Cuore: A customer favorite, Super-Tuscan is rustic, yet smooth, with the structure of the Cabernet Sauvignon supporting the fruitiness of the Sangiovese. A deep red with a complex flavor…berries, plums, with a lingering finish.

In addition to the fine wine Rock Creek produces, Tom, being true to his ancestry, has been discovered as a decent olive farmer as well. Until recently, Rock Creek Vineyard has been milling the olives and making a delicious olive oil for their friends and family only. However, they have now expanded the orchard and have a very limited amount of the delicious olive oil for sale at the Suisun Valley Filling Station.