It started with John and Carson Lambeth’s dream of a rural life planting and growing grapes. Their dream led them to a storybook-perfect and bucolic place—the Clarksburg, California AVA on the Sacramento River Delta. The vast fields of grapes blessed with warm daytime sunshine and cool evening breezes from the Pacific Ocean immediately convinced them of the land’s potential.

Around the bend from the historic Freeport Bridge drawbridge, where country roads lead the way to the town of Clarksburg, the couple found their sweet spot. They discovered a Delta property with rich, fertile riverbed soils and Sacramento River frontage, and they fell in love with the place. According to John, “The land made us choose it. The closer to the river, the better the soil, and the better the fruit.”

They made their home at Screeching Owl Ranch—26 acres of Clarksburg AVA countryside—and Lambeth Family Vineyards was born.