About Us
Ursa Vineyards is a collaborative effort between our husband and wife team - Greg Stokes and Deborah
Elissagaray. Greg has 25 years experience with vineyards and wine making, Deborah 18 years in wine
making. Both of us were part of the wine making team at David Bruce for years, while Greg also headed up
grower relations.
Our small foothill winery produces no more than 2500 cases annually, allowing exceptional attention to be
paid in both the vineyard and the cellar. All of our fruit is fermented in small fermenters and worked by hand.
A minimal amount of handling ensures the preservation of the fruit character of the varietal being made.
Our focus is petite sirah from various vineyards in California, but we also produce merlot, syrah and a unique
varietal from the Pyrenees, tannat. We offer our wines at our tasting room, through our wine club, and via
our online store.
Our tasting room is located in Somerset at the foot of the Fair Play appellation in the beautiful Sierra Foothills.
Visit us at our tasting room Saturday & Sunday from 11am to 5pm.
Ursa Vineyards is a collaborative effort between our husband and wife team - Greg Stokes and Deborah
Elissagaray. Greg has 25 years experience with vineyards and wine making, Deborah 18 years in wine
making. Both of us were part of the wine making team at David Bruce for years, while Greg also headed up
grower relations.
Our small foothill winery produces no more than 2500 cases annually, allowing exceptional attention to be
paid in both the vineyard and the cellar. All of our fruit is fermented in small fermenters and worked by hand.
A minimal amount of handling ensures the preservation of the fruit character of the varietal being made.
Our focus is petite sirah from various vineyards in California, but we also produce merlot, syrah and a unique
varietal from the Pyrenees, tannat. We offer our wines at our tasting room, through our wine club, and via
our online store.
Our tasting room is located in Somerset at the foot of the Fair Play appellation in the beautiful Sierra Foothills.
Visit us at our tasting room Saturday & Sunday from 11am to 5pm.
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