Newsletter

Vineyard Ponderings: A New Year and Our First Wine Club Event

May 19, 2026

In April we celebrated Lao New Year, attending festivities and gathering with the community to honor our cultural traditions. Traditionally, in Laos, it’s a time for welcoming the solar new year-a time for cleansing away the bad luck and hardships of the previous year and inviting good health, fortune and rain for the upcoming planting…

Vineyard Ponderings: Farewell to 2025, Welcome 2026

December 31, 2025

As we transition into a new year, it’s a time to reflect upon what we’ve accomplished – our second grape harvest, learning more about winemaking and the industry, our first friends and family event, launching our wine club, sharing our wines with Laotian dignitaries and starting construction on our production facility and tasting lounge. Looking…

A Grand Entrance, Construction Updates, and Immense Gratitude

December 2, 2025

Hello Friends and Family. We’re closing out the month with an abundance of gratitude and anticipation for what lies ahead at Four Ponds. We’ve made a lot of progress on our production facility and tasting lounge. Our hearts are filled with a sense of accomplishment and gratitude. Our Four Ponds family took a moment to…

Vineyard Ponderings: Fall 2025

September 22, 2025

Hello there, welcome to our second issue of the Four Ponds Estate Winery newsletter. It has been a busy but very productive summer here. Sometimes while in the midst of the grind, it’s hard to see the progress at hand. But when we take a step back we’re pleasantly surprised by the cumulation of accomplishments. Since late spring the newly…

Vineyard Ponderings: Summer 2025

July 8, 2025

Welcome to Ponderings, our first Four Ponds Estate Winery newsletter. We’re located on an 80-acre estate in Plymouth, California, which is part of the Sierra Foothills in Amador County.  We have 24 acres of well-established vineyards that was planted by the Spinetta family, whose roots run deep in Amador County. We are honored to continue…