An organic estate, grown in harmony with nature.
Family-owned and woman-led, on the edge of Davis. Award-winning wines from a few thousand hand-tended cases a year.
Wine grown in harmony with the land, two miles from downtown Davis.
Great Bear Vineyards is a woman-led, family-owned organic estate on the edge of Yolo County. Owners Jenny and Marcus farm a few thousand cases a year alongside their four children and a small team — hand-tending every vine, fermenting with native wild yeast, and aging gently in oak.
Warm days, nights cooled by the Delta Breeze, and deep Rincon loam soils give our wines their unmistakable poise.
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Designed with UC Davis, farmed by hand.
Our vineyard was laid out with UC Davis Viticulture & Enology professors. Jenny completed the UC Davis winemaking program; Marcus is an expert in biological agriculture. The result is a wine program rooted in science and patience — certified organic, sustainable and regenerative, with deficit irrigation and permanent cover crops.
Explore the winesA working farm, a restored 1860 barn, and abundant wildlife.
A Spanish-style winery and canary palms, a lavender field whose fresh-cut proceeds go to local charities, peppery estate olive oil, and a mixed orchard much of which is donated to Community Harvest and the Yolo Food Bank. Nesting owls, kestrels, hawks and hummingbirds share the rows with jackrabbits, cottontails and the occasional red fox.
An estate made for gathering, season after season.
Real days on the farm — from harvest mornings and lawn picnics to weddings, dinners and Friday nights under the canary palms.
Picnics on the Lawn
Vineyard Tours
Food Pairings
Yoga & Wine
Harvest Days
Farm-to-Fork Dinners
Weddings
Private Parties
Friday Nights · Music & Food TrucksLavender Harvest
The Lobster Boil
Cheese & Wine
In the Tasting Room
A Glass in the Garden
Celebrations
Gather with FriendsTasting Experiences
Five flights poured tableside in the Great Barn, Dance Hall or on the Picnic Lawn — from a signature flight to owner-hosted reserve and library wines.
View tastings 02 — GatherEvents & Experiences
Friday-night live music and food trucks, vineyard tours, harvest days, lavender picking, farm-to-fork dinners and the annual lobster boil.
See what's on 03 — CelebrateWeddings & Venue
Eleven exclusive estate spaces for weddings, rehearsal dinners and private parties of up to 250 guests, seven days a week.
Explore the venueFirst vines planted in 2014. Only a few thousand cases a year — every bottle from grapes we tend by hand. Jenny & Marcus · Great Bear Vineyards
Come taste where the wine is grown.
Open Friday through Sunday, with private tastings and celebrations daily by appointment.
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