Cuesta Sol Vineyards: Small-Lot Wine Above the Snake River
Wine trips usually start with a look at opening hours. Cuesta Sol Vineyards has no walk-in hours to look at, and the winery's own website is currently a coming-soon page. It has a phone number. That sounds like an obstacle. For a visitor who wants to meet Idaho wine at its smallest scale, it is closer to an invitation. A Name That Describes the Place Cuesta Sol is Spanish for "sunny slope," a translation the Idaho Wine Commission noted in an April 2021 blog post . The name suits the setting. The vineyard sits in the Sunnyslope area above the Snake River, inside the Snake River Valley AVA. Sunnyslope is an informal area name, not a sub-AVA. The series opener, Idaho Wine Country Begins in Canyon County , makes the case for starting a wine visit here in Canyon County. The winery uses a Caldwell mailing address, 16385 Cuesta Sol Ln, but the vineyard itself lies in unincorporated Canyon County. From downtown Caldwell it is roughly 11 miles, or about 20 minutes by car. B...